Beşiktaş President Serdal Adalı made statements about the agenda of black and white players. Mayor Adalı made striking statements, especially regarding the transfer operation.
HERE ARE THOSE WORDS:
“THE NEWS THAT 4 MANAGERS RESIGNED ARE UNFUNDAMENTAL”
“The news that 4 of our board members have resigned is unfounded. These are an attempt to provoke our fans and community.
“WHEN WE ARRIVED, BEŞİKTAŞ WAS AT THE BOTTOM”
“Unfounded information about Dikilitaş is being spread deliberately. There are those who want this club to collapse financially and those who want to market the club for this. There will be no income below 400 million dollars from the sales made in Dikilitaş. Beşiktaş’s share from this project is 50%. This means that the minimum figure we will receive is 200 million dollars. When we arrived, Beşiktaş Club was at the bottom. Beşiktaş was under occupation, administratively and financially.”
“BEŞİKTAŞ CANNOT BE DESIGNED WITH RESIGNATION CHARTS”
“Beşiktaş cannot be designed by rioting and resignation chants. Tomorrow, we will shout ‘Champion Beşiktaş’ with all Beşiktaş fans.”
“IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR US TO STAY AWAY FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP TARGET”
“Our football team did not get the results it wanted. I predicted that there might be some pains of change. However, it is unacceptable for us to stay away from the championship goal. If we had been lucky in a few matches and there were no breaking mistakes, everything could have been different. Beşiktaş has a football community of very high quality and character. We have shortcomings, but we will bring in names with team spirit in the transfers we will make from now on. We trust Sergen Yalçın and our planning.”
“THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSFERS WE WANTED”
“There were problems with the transfers we wanted. He didn’t want to leave the clubs or they asked for a lot of money. Now, should I give 10 million Euros to a man worth 5 million Euros to avoid any reaction? I won’t do that. Rather than causing damage to Beşiktaş, I’m willing to be remembered as the president who couldn’t make a transfer.”
“I WILL NOT LEAVE BEFORE BRINGING BEŞİKTAŞ TO THE PLACE IT DESERVES”
“This club was under financial occupation. Beşiktaş will no longer have interest-bearing debts or will have money or assets in its safe. Wherever Beşiktaş’s interests are, Serdal Adalı is there. We have no secret agenda other than protecting Beşiktaş’s interests. After correcting the financial picture, everyone becomes a candidate. However, I will not return this club to its old days. I will not leave without making a change in the statute and bringing Beşiktaş to the place it deserves. First, I will pay this debt. If subsequent presidents spend more money than their income, they will be held responsible. “Let’s change the statute… No one should be in debt more than their income and they should be personally responsible! Let’s see who sees Beşiktaş through our eyes.”
“OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO EXIT THE BANKING UNION”
“Have the salaries of the players been delayed since we arrived, or the salaries of the staff? Have we issued a warning or a penalty to the club? We have prepared a squad where we have profited from some transfers. We have also made the transfers that we thought were wrong, on loan, and sent them without losing a penny. There are some facts that need to be accepted in Beşiktaş. The highest debt in history has been paid since we took office. We deposited 32 million Euros to the Banks Association, we brought many sponsorships. We have reached the final stage of some agreements. “71 million Euros of player sales were made and the Dikilitaş project was completed. Our first goal is to put the economic return of Dikilitaş into the safe and exit the Banks Association.”
“MY NECK IS THINNER THAN A HAIR FOR EVERY PROTEST”
“Our fans are sad and angry, they want to see a much better Beşiktaş. I understand them, I come from this path too. We are doing everything we can. Protests will start with the first whistle on Saturday, but our children’s feet will be shaking. I am willing to support every protest for the good of Beşiktaş. As long as the children do not feel worthless in that jersey and do not experience pressure at home. I invite everyone to support their team.”
“A LIST OF 2-3 ALTERNATIVES HAS BEEN MADE FOR TRANSFER”
“Transfer work was carried out with the team established by Sergen Yalçın and Serkan Reçber. A list with 2-3 alternatives was prepared for each region. Information about 300 football players comes to the phone a day, we do not make transfers like this. There were delays and setbacks. For example, if an offer had come in the summer season, I would not have asked for high money for our football player, but I will buy a man instead. 30 million Euros are wanted for a player worth 20 million euros. We will decide on this. After leaving here, in the evening I will complete the transfer of every player by 20:00, but we have to look at it financially. I won’t throw money into the streets thinking there will be chaos. We are paying the salaries of two football teams, but I wouldn’t waste a single penny on Beşiktaş.
“WE WILL ALSO BUY EXPENSIVE PLAYERS”
We will buy players at a higher price, and we will pay more, but know that we will earn more income when we sell that player later. I said that we would not make any losses on the players we bought during the summer transfer period, and we will not… I will not buy players who will fulfill their final contract. There has been a delay, we are evaluating this as well. “We will discuss it after the transfer window is over.”
“THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 4 TRANSFERS”
“A transfer to the midfield will come today evening. There are 3 more players in the planning. There are alternative players, for next year. There is a list of younger players. We have time after the transfer in Europe is completed. We will evaluate it until the last minute. We will transfer a minimum of 4 players, not including Yasin Özcan.”
“WE WILL TRANSFER GOALKEEPER”
“Everyone is working together, there is no such thing as not being able to meet with anyone. Yesterday, we were having a meeting with Sergen Hodja to ask about the situation of a football player, we called Graf and got information. There is no two-headedness like in the past, there will not be. I did not see or feel that there was a problem. We separated everyone’s duties and authorities. There will be no problem. We will participate in Europe somehow this year. The goal is always the championship, but we will participate in Europe this season. Beşiktaş is also the biggest favorite for the cup. The league is longer, I do not know what will happen. Let’s finish the transfers, Beşiktaş should emerge much different in the second half, if we make these transfers… I am not hopeless for Europe, I said we will make 4 transfers, one of them is a goalkeeper.
“THE ASSLANI WILL COME TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING”
“Kristjan Asllani is coming. We have reached an agreement with Inter and the player. There is a termination process between Inter and Torino. He will come this evening or tomorrow morning.
“WE ARE MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENTS”
“We are in close contact with the former presidents. Fikret Orman and Emre Kocadağ called and said, ‘Don’t be discouraged, it will be great. We are going right.'”
“WINTER TRANSFER IS VERY DIFFICULT”
“David Jurasek was on loan, we thanked him and sent him away. We will not lose even one of the players we bought. There are claims that we will make a lot of profit, but we will not make a loss. Winter transfers are very difficult, that is why we bought two young players Keny Arroyo and Alan Ricardo last year. We chose to invest. They wanted a lot of money. The coaching staff at that time wanted to recruit and train young people instead of 30-year-old players. It seemed right to me, too.”
“WE DO NOT DO BAD TRANSFER”
“Where will you use the 71 million Euros of income from outgoing transfers?”
“This is not income, we will pay 17 million Euros to Roma. We bought 21 million Euros for Abraham and also Yasin Özcan came. Does anyone know how many years we have not sold players? This is a good start. We are not making bad transfers, let the community see it. If I can spend 60 million Euros and get 71 million Euros back, these are good numbers for a start.”
“THERE ARE STUDIES FOR FORWARD TRANSFER”
“Will the striker come instead of Tammy Abraham?”
“They are working on the striker transfer, there are also names. If it comes to where we want it financially, we will transfer the centre-forward.”
“TRABZONSPOR PRIORITY IN MUÇI”
“Trabzonspor did not call for Ernest Muçi. There is an option worth 8.5 million Euros. Trabzonspor has the priority for the purchase. If they do not use it, it will continue with us. There is nothing official from Cagliari for Semih Kılıçsoy. I did not want to give Semih, but he wanted to leave so much. They said they could use the option at halftime, but nothing yet.”
“I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS”
“I am satisfied with the players and the technical staff. I am not satisfied with the results. If we had not lost 2-3 matches for ridiculous reasons, we would be talking about different things… Serdal Adalı would be the ‘Great President’ and Sergen Yalçın would be the ‘Great Coach’. We have not been defeated for 10 weeks, we have learned not to be defeated. If we can get into the habit of winning in the second half, we will all be very happy.”
