Yeni Malatyaspor, which has not won yet in the TFF 1st League, wants to withdraw from the league. Yeni Malatyaspor Club President Şahin Altınok stated that earthquakes still continue in the city and said, “A new earthquake occurred in the city right after I took office. The situation of the football players is obvious. After the earthquake, I immediately met with the Turkish Football Federation. Due to the negativities experienced against the esteemed president İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu Considering the psychological state of the players, I insisted that we did not want to play in this league and that I wanted to withdraw from the league, without prejudice to our rights. Mr. Hacıosmanoğlu said, “We cannot do this. The fixtures are being disrupted, some of the clubs do not want it. However, if President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says there is a force majeure, no one can say anything.”
Our Minister of Youth and Sports, Osman Aşkın Bak, also said the same thing. We want to resolve this issue by discussing it with our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when he comes to Malatya. “We may not have a father, but we want all our politicians and mayors to undertake whatever duty they will undertake as brothers and sisters for us,” he said.
Club President Altınok also gave information about the club’s debts. Stating that there are transfer bans until June even if the debts are paid, Altınok said, “The debt of this team is approximately 20 million dollars. 99 percent of this is with our football players, with whom we have 36 cases. We assigned 3 of our lawyers to work on these 36 files. And as a result of the negotiations with these football players, the debt is paid.” “We have almost reached the stage of settling approximately 10 million dollars of debt. We want to eliminate the transfer ban and look forward by paying off the remaining debt together, hand in hand, in unity and solidarity,” he said.