Okan Buruk's call to the community regarding Barış Alper Yılmaz

In the 3rd week of the Trendyol Super League, Galatasaray defeated Kayserispor 4-0 away from home, leaving the pitch with a decisive victory. Speaking to beIN Sports after the match, the yellow-red team's head coach, Okan Buruk, made important assessments regarding the situation of Barış Alper Yılmaz.

Okan Buruk used the following expressions:

"Barış Alper is a very valuable, special player for us. I have put a lot of effort into him. He has also put a lot of effort into Galatasaray. There is a major misunderstanding here. Barış is a young player; he can make mistakes. We need to support him in the right way. There are errors and mistakes, but we know he has no ill intent. We do not forget the contributions he made in the previous two matches.

We talked with Barış. We tried to manage this process correctly. He is confused, but he should not have reflected this onto the team. If he reflects it, he will harm the team. By not bringing him here, we prevented that.

We need to support him. Every human makes mistakes. We need to help him knowing this, but Barış is our player. When an offer came during the mid-season break last year, he stayed here and we became champions together. We need to win him back.

His love for Galatasaray has not diminished at all. We should not erase Barış all of a sudden, we should not lynch him.

We are not thinking of selling players during this period. We want to improve our squad. Such sales exist in football, but right now we want to protect our squad and make important additions. It was important for us to win today. We also demonstrated that our players are not affected by such events. Barış even made a post before the match. He also wished his teammates success in the group."

News Source: 12punto