Galatasaray Deputy Chairman Erden Timur is holding a press conference. Speaking about the transfer, Timur said that there are positions to be reinforced according to the report of Okan Buruk, who was brought to the position of coach. Expressing that they have started negotiations, Erden Timur stated that there will be names that will leave the team.
Here are those explanations:
Erden Timur: Our goals are clear. Whatever needs to be done will be done. Currently, we have 13 foreign, 13 local and 23 infrastructure players. 21 of our players are returning from loan. Our net salary budget last year was 27 million Euros.
Including Mostafa Mohamed last season, 30.7 million euros were spent on testimonials. When we look at the current, we have 1 foreign quota. They will be going.
“WE ARE RESPONSIBLE”
We already had our teacher, you cannot make a move until the agreement with him is over. You can, but the liability for compensation arises on Galatasaray. We must act as responsibly as possible. You have to keep it at the optimum level. Because we are doing a business.
We paid a total of 71 million Euros of testimonial fees, including the signature money, to our players who are currently in the squad.
“WE STARTED INTERVIEWS”
According to our teacher’s report, there are positions that we will reinforce. We started negotiations. We had meetings before the election.
There will be transfers that will definitely be needed, but we will not do this by throwing away Galatasaray’s money and stealing its future.
We are 2-3 months behind in terms of action in the transfer. Normally, these studies start 1 year in advance.
We are not trying to make the public happy temporarily, but to provide a permanent solution. We’ll see the results next week.
We continue to play basketball. We have almost completed all our transfers. We will announce in the coming days.
“NO WRITTEN OFFER HAS COME”
There are currently no written offers for the players. It’s verbal.
First, we will meet with the players. We will continue with players who want to stay here and put character on the field.
We open the season on Monday. Camp 7 – 19 July in Austria, near Graz. Friendly matches were arranged, our teacher approved. We are going to Innsbruck side for 26-30 July, friendly matches are also arranged there. We will return to Turkey on the 31st at the latest.
Arda Turan is Galatasaray’s most career football player and a very valuable brother. Right now our entire focus is on staffing.
“TORRENT ONLY OFFERS 5 PERCENT”
Thankfully, Sensibile made a discount. We reached an amicable agreement. Mr. Torrent said he can only give 5% discount. We said that if there is a discount, we will make the payments, otherwise it will be through lawsuits. There was such a conclusion.
Infrastructure is what we will be dealing with the most. It is very positive that our teacher Okan comes from the infrastructure. There will be reforms, and I’ve done a lot of work for 3 years.
“YUNUS, EMRE AND OKAN KOCUK WILL BE IN CAMP”
Okan teacher wants to see Yunus Akgün, Emre Akbaba and Okan Kocak in the squad. They will be with us at camp.
Many youth players will be given a chance at the camp. We want to make agreements on the pilot team abroad.
It would not be correct to specify the legal part. We know where we are advantageous. The final point to come as a result of the lawsuit is what Mr. Torrent wants. When you look at it, it’s a choice. That process will not change much in our lives.
“WE WANT TO FINISH TRANSFERS IN 3-4 WEEKS”
Our budget is clear this year, but I cannot reveal the number. We want to finish our transfers in 3-4 weeks. We will not be in Europe next season. This is a very important threshold for the players to come.
Our teacher did not want to talk about anything numerical. “Even a 1-year contract is enough,” he said. I think Okan will play a very important role in the future of Galatasaray. Our teacher’s team has not been determined, there will be international names in the team.