Sergen Yalçın's striking comments on EURO 2024 and İsmail Yüksek: 'Everyone is looking for that'

Former football player and manager Sergen Yalçın made notable remarks ahead of EURO 2024.

Stating that Turkey could reach significant stages in the tournament, Yalçın drew attention to Fenerbahçe's young midfielder İsmail Yüksek.

Yalçın stated the following:

The National Team can go far in this tournament, especially with the individual performances of certain players being very important.

We have promising star players like Arda Güler and Kenan Yıldız. The performances of these players are very important.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu's performance is very important.

I think İsmail must definitely play in the central midfield. He is a player who will keep the center standing.

Stating that the team's superstar is İsmail Yüksek, Sergen Yalçın said, "İsmail has a specific quality; he both holds the defensive line and joins the attacking line. There is a game mentality desired globally where everyone wants a number 8. How should a number 8 be? It should be a 6-8-10. Nobody wants just a 6, nobody wants just a 10. Everyone is looking for a player who can play in the 6-8-10 range."

We are playing our first match against Georgia. If we experience any trouble in the Georgia match, everything after that will become a problem for us, and we might not be able to advance.

We must start the first match with a one hundred percent victory. 100 percent.