President Erdogan: Mesut Ozil will establish a football school in Turkey.

In EURO 2024, Turkey lost to the Netherlands 2-1 in the quarter-final match and was eliminated. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went to Germany to watch the match and watched it from the stands. Former footballer Mesut Ozil also watched the match from Erdogan's back seat. After the match, President Erdogan made a general evaluation on the plane and also talked about Mesut Ozil.

"WILL ESTABLISH A FOOTBALL SCHOOL IN TURKEY"

Erdogan announced that Mesut Ozil will establish a football school in Turkey. Ozil had established a football school in England two years ago, but it did not continue.

About Mesut Ozil, Erdogan said, "There are two important issues. The structure of the federation from top to bottom, and the permanence of the coaching staff... Pay attention, in the West or in the world, there is no such thing as unraveling from one side and knitting from the other side, like a sock. If you are going to establish a structure, permanence is very important. Now, in order to achieve this permanence, there is a young team with a good climb. Therefore, I believe that results can be achieved by taking steps to make the management staff permanent, along with this young team. Otherwise, keep changing, bring it back again. Hasn't it been like this until now? It has always changed. The coaching staff has changed like that. The federation has also experienced the same things. It shouldn't be like that. Those who have achieved success in the West or in the world have always achieved it with those permanent staff. They have reached the result with that.

For example, Mesut Ozil was with us. How old was Mesut when he played for the German national team? I watched the match where they beat us 3-1 with Merkel. He was 22 years old at that time. He also scored a goal against us. Now he is establishing a football school and academy in Turkey. He wants to create the same structure as in Germany and Real Madrid. If such a step is really taken and that structure is transferred to us, then we will see that children aged 10-12, not just 22, are growing up on the football field. Before hitting the ball, they will learn respect and love in this academy."