President Ağaoğlu, about the need to keep the squad wide and the expectation of the fans to see a star player in the squad, said, “The surprise will be a surprise for everyone. You can see a player who is very suitable for your structure and economic conditions, you can meet a player you believe will contribute a lot to you at any time. For this management. It will be a surprise for everyone, for the media and for the fans. You are the champion, you will play the play-offs in the champion league, you have a high chance of staying in the groups and we will play the play-off match with teams of almost the same caliber as us. Because we will play in the champions league Do not expect very different transfers just because we are champions or because we will continue our same claim next year. Whatever the transfer policy of Trabzonspor in the past, it will be similar to that policy. Of course, we have to keep the squad a little more alternative and wider. We will fight in Europe, the Super League. We will fight in, from December Ren Turkish Cup matches will be played. Compared to last year, we need a slightly more diverse and larger staff. Everyone who knows me, Trabzonspor needs players who will give efficiency to Trabzonspor, who will perform in Trabzonspor, and who will add strength to the fighting power of Trabzonspor, not a star football player. How much will you get when you say star football player today? Trabzonspor club is not a team with a financial structure that can pay 10-15 million Euros for a testimonial fee or 3-4 million Euros for a player. We are a club that intends to close this gap, which seems like a disadvantage for us, by increasing our strength to fight and by using the dynamics of the community. In a sense, this year’s championship was made possible by the combination of all these elements. I don’t know how it will be perceived and evaluated by the fans, but these will be transfers realized as a result of very long and meticulous studies,” he said.
Evaluating that despite the economic disadvantages Trabzonspor was in, the championship was achieved with the unity of the community and that Marek Hamsik had tattooed the number 61, the plate of the city where he won the first championship of his life, Ağaoğlu said:
“When you look at it financially, we are far behind other clubs. Let alone the European clubs, today we are a club that owns one-fourth or one-fifth of the revenues of Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş and Galatasaray. Here it will act in line with that unity, team spirit and the same ideal and principle. You need a structure. It would not be right to think of it only as an actor. You can only close the distance and achieve success if you struggle with the same principle as your teacher, your management, your administrative circle, your boards, your previous term presidents, your vice presidents, your managers and the whole community. We gave the best example of this last season. After all, Hamsik is also a professional and a player. He knew what he came for, where he came from, what he had to do. Why do you take this risk even for this? These will be taken into account or evaluated when such a transfer is in question. issues to be addressed”.
Ağaoğlu stated that the world football economy was in a better condition when Yusuf Yazıcı, one of Trabzonspor’s youth-trained stars, was transferred to the French team Lille.
“There is also a commercial side to this business. When Yusuf Yazıcı’s transfer took place, where was the economy of world football before the pandemic? There was a serious pandemic process in between, and where is the world, Europe and even Turkish football right now? Turkish football is already in economic terms at the moment. It is a sad situation. It is necessary to evaluate the economic point of Turkish football. When Yusuf Yazıcı transferred, it was a process in which very serious numbers were pronounced and realized in European football, but today, when you look at almost all leagues, compared to 2019, there is a 50-60 percent decrease in income.”