Trabzonspor President Ertuğrul Doğan was the live broadcast guest of the Gündem Özel program on A Spor. President Doğan made important evaluations regarding the agenda of the claret-blue club. Here are the noteworthy headlines from those statements and the transfer words that are on the agenda…
TRANSFER WORDS
“We actually wanted to complete all 12 transfers last week, but 8 were completed. Everything is going according to plan. There is nothing disrupted. Our rivals have not made any transfers yet, but we have come a long way. We will make the transfer whatever Mr. Fatih Tekke and his team say. We hope to get rid of all the debt burden in the near future. We have serious negotiations with 4 players. After that, we will talk to our coach and decide.”
ABOUT WING TRANSFER
“We are doing all our transfer planning in line with the directives of our technical team. We were missing a wing player. In our conversation with our coach, we either kept Nwakaeme in the team and sent Olaigbe. We had worked on wing transfer in this direction. Even though we paid very serious amounts (15-16 million euros), the teams did not leave the players we wanted at the half-time. Our plan was clear, but the quota issue left us in a difficult situation.”
“WE COMPLETED 8 TRANSFERS”
“We have completed our 8 transfers. Hopefully, we will make 4 more transfers and end this season.”
“I THINK ONANA WILL STAY”
“We are considering transferring a foreign goalkeeper if Onana does not stay, but I think Onana will stay. We are ready to meet his demands. He also loves us and Trabzon very much.”
“THERE ARE OFFERS FOR ONUACHU”
“If onuachu does not want to go, he will not go. He received offers, but we intend to preserve the squad. onuachu loves the city. His family and he are also very happy. There are offers, but he does not plan to leave. We do not plan to sell either. An offer of nearly 20 million euros came, but we did not give it.”
ABOUT SCOUT TEAM AND TRANSFER STRATEGY
“This is my 9th year in Trabzonspor. In the last 2 years, both teams have spent incredible budgets. When we see these expenditures, the expectations of the fans start to change. Our fans also want “Let the stars come, let’s reach these figures.” However, this is not the reality of Trabzonspor. I think Trabzonspor is on the right track. You cannot hear anything like “I developed a real estate project and made a transfer” anywhere in the world. This is not the nature of this business. Its nature is about buying and selling players. “Trabzonspor has set such a path for itself. We have an important monitoring team and we follow all over the world. With this team, we transfer players with whom everyone has a common ground.”
“THERE IS AN OFFER FOR OUR 7 PLAYERS”
“Competing with so many young players is not something everyone can do. For this reason, I congratulate Fatih Tekke and his team. They made a serious contribution to the development of the players. Thanks to this, an offer was made for 7 of our players. We want to sell one or two players among them and continue to be a team that competes, develops players and earns money.”
“HOW WILL WE COMPETE?”
“The financial situation of the teams we are asked to compete in is clear. We have no sponsors. Our lodges are empty. Tickets are not sold. I think we are only successful in ticket sales. How will we compete in this situation?”
“IF THERE IS NO FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY…”
“In order to ensure the continuity of the club, the club needs to generate income. It is not possible to run this if there is no financial opportunity. Hopefully, if we complete our facilities within this month, we will announce a debt-free Trabzonspor as of July.”
“WE ARE NOT THINKING OF SELLING”
“We are currently in the process of relieving the embarrassment of our fans. There is also an offer for Folcarelli, but we do not plan to sell. What we have in mind is to be in the race for the top.”
“FATİH HOCAN’S REQUEST FOR A FORWARD”
“Fatih coach had a request for a forward rotation. Tsygankov is one of these players. He is a player that our coach and our monitoring team like. We want to get his transfer fee. If we cannot get it, we have a plan B.”
“OUR TARGET PLAN”
“Our goal is for the players to see this place as a place of development. We want to show the players we will transfer past examples and be remembered as a place where they can jump to bigger leagues from here.”
“THERE ARE SERIOUS OFFERS”
“There are serious offers for Felipe Augusto and Christ Oulai. We are evaluating them. If we can send such players to the big leagues after playing and polishing them for a year, this will be more valuable than money. This is important as a reference by showing such examples to the new players we will transfer.”
“OULAI DID NOT RECEIVE AN OFFER FROM G.SARAY”
“Galatasaray was interested in Oulai during the break, but we have not received a new offer yet. Oulai’s goal is not to stay in Türkiye anyway. He wants to go to bigger leagues in the future.”
“ARAL ŞİMŞİR IS NOT AN ACTOR WE LIKE”
“We have never been interested in Aral Şimşir. He is not a player that our scouting team likes.”
WHY DID ZUBKOV LEAVE?
“Staying in this city is not like staying in Istanbul. Therefore, it is not beneficial for us for a player who does not want to come to Trabzon. Zubkov wanted to leave due to his family situation. We did not insist, we helped.”
“WE DO NOT TRANSFER THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO COME”
“Batagov had very serious suitors. He had an unfortunate injury and is spending his holiday in Trabzon. He is very happy here, too. Therefore, we do not want to transfer a player who does not want to come here. For example, Malinovskiy comes here happily.”
ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS
“Trabzonspor does not have a major sponsor other than minor sponsorships. There is no city I haven’t visited, there is no door I haven’t knocked on. We are doing our best to ensure unity within. One day, we too will leave this seat and become fans. No one will be able to stop me from supporting Trabzonspor. We are doing everything we can. I don’t want to get into some issues, but I have done everything I can. Will it continue like this? It will. I will somehow get through this. I am the brother and sister of our dear brothers and sisters, morally, if not financially. “I would like it to be with us. We have a basketball team, but it has no sponsor. But we continue to increase our struggle. I have no resentment towards anyone.”
THANKS FROM ERTUĞRUL DOĞAN TO PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
Last year, Trabzonspor was giving interest on 1.8 billion tax debt, this year we will pay interest on 1.2 billion tax debt. For this reason, we thought about how we could pay off the debt by taking a different path rather than competing with these clubs. Someone was going to get this beating, and I got that beating, but I didn’t step back. We stayed where we were. With the best of luck and with the support of our esteemed Minister Abdülkadir Bey, our esteemed MPs, Trabzon Mayor and Adil Bey, we aim to be debt-free next month. They are working hard for this. Thanks to our esteemed President, he supported us. We have been buying land for the last 2-3 years and trying to do something.
DOES FATİH TEKKE WANT TO GO TO EUROPE?
“Fatih Tekke is a Trabzon lover. He is happy in the plateaus. Our teacher loves this place very much. ‘Do you want to go to Europe?’ I didn’t ask a question. “He puts in a lot of effort and spends most of his time in the facilities.”