Sergen Yalçın, "Is it that easy to be a coach in Dortmund?" received a striking response from Nuri Şahin.

Former football player and famous commentator Sergen Yalçın made highly controversial statements about Borussia Dortmund's coach Nuri Şahin in recent weeks.

Şahin spoke for the first time about Yalçın's words regarding him: "Is it that easy to be a coach at Borussia Dortmund? Work for two years at Antalyaspor, have no success, and then become a coach at Dortmund. How does that happen, for example?"

"I LAUGHED, I MEAN"

In an interview with Maçkolik, Şahin responded to the question, "What did you feel when Sergen Yalçın said those words?" by saying, "I laughed, I mean. No lie, it’s funny. It doesn’t suit me to get too involved in these matters. On one hand, I laughed a lot because that’s the reason it was done. To get ratings, to be talked about, to throw shade at this one, to throw shade at that one."

Highlights from Şahin's speech;

"A VERY WRONG THING"

"It’s a very wrong thing for my life philosophy, for my values. I would never come out and criticize a coach or a player. Because we don’t talk about the game. For example; 'Why couldn’t you win 3 matches away?' Let’s talk about that. 'You broke a record in the Champions League. How did you prepare for the match?', 'You became a coach at Dortmund at a young age.' Let’s talk about these."

"IF THEY WANT TO LEARN, THEY CAN MEET"

"He also talked about Farioli. For example, I wouldn’t dare to do that, I wouldn’t. Because what the guy has done is clear. Therefore, without going into that topic too much, if a big club like Dortmund wants to learn by what criteria they made me a coach, there are many departments here, they can meet with them. There’s no problem at all."

WHAT HAPPENED?

Yalçın had said about Nuri Şahin, "Is it that easy to be a coach at Borussia Dortmund? Work for two years at Antalyaspor, have no success, and then become a coach at Dortmund. How does that happen, for example? Don’t you need to achieve some successes to get somewhere in coaching? I worked for 10 years in Anatolia and I was successful in all of them. Even when I came to Beşiktaş, they called me 'inexperienced.'