Ali Koç struck at Galatasaray through Talisca: They offered 2 million euros more.

15.02.2025 15:00

Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç made statements regarding the transfer process at the High Advisory Board Meeting. Koç noted that Galatasaray also showed interest in Talisca at the last moment, saying, "We agreed on everything, but there was a change in management at the Arab club. After we transferred Skriniar, the aforementioned club intervened to disrupt the deal and offered 2 million euros more."

Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç made statements at the Fenerbahçe High Advisory Board Ordinary Meeting.

"THE KNOWN CLUB OFFERED 2 MILLION EUROS MORE"

"We are approaching transfers both with experienced players and investing in young potentials. We strive to do this in a balanced way. Talisca was a player we wanted for a long time. Our dream was to bring him in at the beginning of January and integrate him into the team, and if necessary, to play a friendly match. We agreed on everything, but there was a management change at the Arab club. After transferring Skriniar, the known club intervened to disrupt this and offered 2 million euros more. Let them not say I didn't, just like they deny many things; both Talisca and his manager kept their word, and despite waiting a long time, they respected the situation even when our opponent got involved in the 93rd minute and made much higher offers. I thank both him and his manager for their steadfastness."

HERE ARE ALI KOÇ'S STATEMENTS

"WE ARE DOING QUITE WELL"

"In every area, we are doing quite well, thank God. We are progressing towards the European goals we set before the season with solid steps. Our men's basketball team is second in the EuroLeague. They are playing very good defense. They create a true team atmosphere. At one point, they lost 6 out of 7 matches by large margins. Our faith was shaken a bit. Personally, I have also faced insults. We are heading to the Final Four today with firm steps. Hopefully, injuries won't hinder us. The main goal for our women's volleyball team is to win the Final Four, which you know will likely be held in our gym. We last won this cup in 2011. May their path be clear; our faith is strong."

"LET'S NOT GET CARRIED AWAY"

"We beat Anderlecht 3-0 with beautiful football. Let's not get carried away. Anything can happen in European cups. The first 90 minutes ended 3-0, but there is a second 90 minutes. If we don't lose our seriousness, we will hopefully pass the return match and qualify for the last 16. We have been a consistent team in Europe for the last 4 years. Last year, we were just a step away from the semi-finals in the Conference League. Now we are at the door of the last 16 in a higher cup."

"We are ranked 10th in the country ranking. We saw the 20s in the last 5 years; if you look at it, one-third of the country points in the last 5 years came from Fenerbahçe. We are happy and proud. In short, regardless of the field, we have tried to serve the country's sports and keep the flag high."

"WE HAD A GOOD TRANSFER PERIOD"

"Looking at football, we believe we had a good transfer period. We have a very valuable coach at the helm of the team. At times he was criticized, and at times he was undervalued. Why? Because he expressed the truths courageously. As he gets to know our country and as our players understand him better, you will see that greater successes will come. I completely agree with the idea of continuing with him. We need to be a little patient."

"WE HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT MOURINHO"

"I expressed to him (Jose Mourinho) that he should do his job; there is no question of a coach change, and we sent him the message that the management may leave, but the coach stays. Hopefully, he will turn our faith in him into great successes. We expect him to do so this season, and we have no doubt he will do it next season."

"WE WILL TALK WHEN WE DO IT"

"We will talk when we do it. We will do it, we will achieve it, and we will wait. We focus silently on our goals; we will talk when we do it. Just like in this transfer window. For every position we aimed for, we were able to transfer either our first or second priority, thank God. Thank God we didn't have to go door to door marketing names and end up transferring completely different names."

"THE KNOWN CLUB OFFERED 2 MILLION EUROS MORE"

"We are approaching transfers both with experienced players and investing in young potentials. We strive to do this in a balanced way. Talisca was a player we wanted for a long time. Our dream was to bring him in at the beginning of January and integrate him into the team, and if necessary, to play a friendly match. We agreed on everything, but there was a management change at the Arab club. After transferring Skriniar, the known club intervened to disrupt this and offered 2 million euros more. Let them not say I didn't, just like they deny many things; both Talisca and his manager kept their word, and despite waiting a long time, they respected the situation even when our opponent got involved in the 93rd minute and made much higher offers. I thank both him and his manager for their steadfastness."

"HE STOOD FIRM, CHOSE FENERBAHÇE"

"We wanted an experienced stopper. Diego Carlos has Premier League experience. Mario knew his character very well. We wanted consistent performance and great character; there were last-minute hiccups, but he stood firm and chose Fenerbahçe."

"WE TRANSFERRED SKRINIAR EASILY"

"I want to make a special note about Skriniar. You probably hadn't heard the news until Fenerbahçe transferred Skriniar; if you did, it was probably just a rumor. However, the news about which club Skriniar would go to was widely reported. At the beginning of the year, we had dinner with President Aziz, and the time to repeat came. He said, 'Especially don't miss out on Skriniar; make sure to transfer him.' The captain of Inter transferred to PSG, and an opportunity arose due to a disagreement with the coach there. Skriniar said, 'I want to evaluate other alternatives outside of Turkey, but if I come to Turkey, I won't go to any club other than Fenerbahçe.' He evaluated his options. He kept his word. We got a great football player, a great leader, a great character. The known place said, 'We weren't interested,' but they were deeply interested. We transferred him easily."

"MIMOVIC IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE"

"Mimovic is an investment in the future. He will have a Ferdi effect. We acquired him. You might ask why we got the 15th player when we already had 14; we didn't want to miss this opportunity. There was a possibility that Maximin would go to Napoli, but it didn't happen, and thankfully it didn't. We need him. He went to Zenit for 6 months. We will benefit greatly from Mimovic next season. We made beautiful, healthy, somewhat expensive but very important transfers for the future."

"IT HAS BECOME ANNOYING"

"Let's talk a bit about the opponent. I don't want to dwell on it too much. We are really tired; it has become annoying. Unfortunately, in our country, those who speak the truth have to prove what they say. Those who lie are respected. We are fighting to show the public the truths with evidence."

"THE PERSON WHO DISTURBS THE PEACE IS THE SAME"

"(Regarding Dursun Özbek's words) It is necessary to show that the person who says we need peace is the same person who disturbs the peace."

"F. BAHÇE IS THE SUPPORTER THAT SAYS 'THERE IS A THIEF'

"Let's look at the last few matches. In our match against Rizespor, all the refereeing authorities said that the referees' decisions were correct, yet they accuse us of being 'thieves.'

They still don't understand. The fans of Fenerbahçe are the ones who say 'there's a thief' to the thief. They are so used to it that, whether it's real or not, whether it's a figment of imagination or not, they are so successful in placing it on the agenda of the Turkish public that they think it will hold every time, but it no longer does.

"PLAYER, COACH, ADMINISTRATOR, MILITANT MEDIA MEMBER"

"There is an unfinished match with Adana Demirspor that doesn't concern us at all. One of our administrators tweeted that Fenerbahçe was prepared, and so on. That night, from the coach to the player to the administrator, they are making the same statements and getting militant media members to say this. What if Hulusi Bey tweeted? You tweeted while our matches were being played, and you tweeted right after the matches ended! I have never seen a communication structure as prepared as yours.

"LET THE MEDIA WRITE, MERTENS WILL BE AT FENERBAHÇE NEXT YEAR"

"They turned the job around, what did they do? They are so magnificent at changing the agenda. Instead of discussing their fraudulent, thieving players, the focus turned to the Fenerbahçe - Galatasaray issue. We have orchestrated this. Unfortunately, the public is not awake. The other day or yesterday, there was a question in a competition about the last deceased Soviet leader. The contestant couldn't answer. They asked the audience, and 56% of the audience said Queen Elizabeth. With such a society, these things hold. We are fighting to make sure they don't. Therefore, did we do it? Then write this. Mertens will be at Fenerbahçe next year! Write it down. For this to happen. I am not even talking about how we plan to outsmart Adana Demirspor in 15 minutes; now I ask, isn't Mertens, who committed fraud to get a penalty, also part of this? It means Mertens is also in the scheme, and he will be at Fenerbahçe next year. Write this down, media members. They are so used to feeding the public such nonsense that they continue.

"PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER BUYING IT"

"The funniest part is that they are the ones who need the environment, and they are the ones calling for moderation. They want to portray us as quarrelsome. People are no longer buying it. People see it and react. The destructive power is so high. If you work at the TFF, if you are a bureaucrat in the public sector, if you are dealing with matters related to us, they are afraid of black market, betting, SPK issues, real estate fears, etc. They are afraid of the destructive power. People have no room to maneuver. They take what they want not only on the field but everywhere. We are fighting this.

"WE DID IT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TOO!"

"Fenerbahçe is not the one disturbing the peace; it is the club that builds a yellow wall to protect itself against the terrorist organization that leads Turkish society to the brink. Don't forget this! We did this for your children too!"

"ANATOLIAN CLUBS; WHO IS TEMPTING YOUR PLAYERS?"

"They are trying to pit Fenerbahçe against the Anatolian clubs. What Fenerbahçe is, is clear. All presidents know how I look at the whole picture. I address the Anatolian clubs. For years, which referee mistakes and offside-like goals benefited whom? Which team tempted your contracted players? Which team cornered you through families and agents? Fenerbahçe? Show me one example! Move on, friends, move on! Let the Anatolian clubs know. This struggle is a struggle that will benefit us all. Don't confuse us with others! Especially the public knows which collaborators, with whom, and by what methods, a certain community has been protected as part of the system for 30 years and has won trophies. You know it too! This system has reached a point where the level of protection for an entire generation has become a norm. In a 30-year adventure, if a child in their 30s thinks this environment is natural, they are not wrong. We are rebelling, we are fighting. Something that has formed over decades is not resolved in months. We are fighting this struggle.

"WE ARE NOT SURPRISED"

"The statements of their administrators do not match. The contradictions, their involvement in illegal activities, suppressing the press with pressure, all kinds of tricks. Then they are the victims. We are not surprised. We do not expect them to change. They are rebelling against equal conditions because they are used to privilege.

"WE WON'T LICK WHAT WE SPIT OUT LIKE YOU"

"They claim that the TFF president they voted for is protecting us. If the referees had managed the matches against Eyüp, Beşiktaş, Trabzon, Göztepe as they should, giving cards, penalties, in accordance with the justice of football, it would be clear who is leading today. They are spreading the slander that the TFF and MHK are protecting us. Every season we become champions at the beginning of the season, you know. With their collaborators in the media, they ask us how this organized system works. They say, why don't you call for the resignation of the MHK? In 7 years, 5 TFF presidents and administrations changed. In the same period, the MHK changed 9 times. In 7 years, the MHK changed 9 times. However, despite all this, no progress has been made in ensuring justice in football. No significant development has been achieved. The issue is not the resignation of the TFF and MHK. We are chasing the salvation of Turkish football, the pursuit of justice. If we call for the resignation of a TFF, know that our actions, statements, and behaviors are 1 gram infallible. We do not engage in intrigues for the continuation of the president you called for resignation after calling for resignation out of falsehood. We won't lick what we spit out like you. The issue is not the resignation of the TFF and MHK; we see the salvation of Turkish football in establishing a just system in place of the existing structure.

"THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM: THE STRUCTURE!"

"We need to identify the source of the problem. We summarize the source of the problem in one word; structure! Courageously and resolutely, which the current TFF is trying to do today, a strong will is needed for the reconstruction of Turkish football.

"SAYING THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY!"

"Just like in illegal betting, we will fight for salvation in football alone if necessary. When justice comes to Turkish football, everyone will win. We will have a more successful and attractive league in Europe. Most importantly, millions, especially our innocent children, will restore trust in Turkish football. The country's brand value will increase. When the brand value increases, the economy will improve, transfers will become easier, a chain reaction. We are fighting for this. When justice comes to Turkish football, will Fenerbahçe be favored? Just saying this is the height of stupidity. We know what we are fighting for, and those who are silent know it too.

"YOU SAY STRUCTURE, HERE IS THE EXAMPLE! HERE IS YOUR STRUCTURE"

"In Turkey, in 100 years, there has only been 1 female MHK president. She was subjected to heavy insults by 50,000 people in a stadium. While the observer of her own institution should have protected her, this situation didn't even make it to the reports. We went with violence and questioned. They made ridiculous statements. We look at the videos, the whole stadium is cursing. It's not in the report. You say structure, this is the example of the structure. Then the lady has to resign from her position. Here is your structure. You are talking about the flies, we are fighting to drain the swamp.