Confession about 'Icardi' from former Fenerbahçe executive
Former Fenerbahçe executive Selahattin Baki made interesting confessions. Baki revealed that Portuguese manager Jorge Jesus pressured the board to sign Samet Akaydın, stating that he threatened to leave if they did not acquire him. Furthermore, he stated that Galatasaray's Argentine star Mauro Icardi was first offered to Fenerbahçe.
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Baki was a guest on the LÜE TV YouTube channel with Levent Ümit Erol and Yağız Sabuncuoğlu. Selahattin Baki, during his time as an executive at Fenerbahçe, spoke about his tenure and themade striking statements regarding the matter.
Selahattin Baki spoke about the transfer process of Samet Akaydin,who was transferred to Fenerbahçe from Adana Demirspor,regarding theyears later, he made a confession, revealing that the manager of thatperiod, Jorge Jesus, really wantedthis transfer.Heexplained. In hisstatement,Baki noted that Jesuspressured the boardpressured the board and made statements such as 'If you don't sign Samet, I will leave'he stated."Icardi was offered to us first and officially, we didn't want him"
Speaking about Mauro Icardi, Baki said, "Mauro Icardi was offered to us first and officially, that is clear. We did not want Icardi. The technical staff and the
board of directorsdid not find him suitable due to his lifestyle. We did not makeany offer to him."He added.We called his lawyer to getinformation.Because we received an offerfrom a PSG official, and then when we heard he was going to Galatasaray, we called his lawyer to ask...I mean, I amlooking at whether they are playing us off against each otherthey aretrying tostir things up, to see what's what. We called his lawyer to test the waters. The lawyer didn't tell us the truth either.He said, 'He has gone to Miami with his family right now, he hasn't made his decision yet.' I said, 'He has already reached an agreement with Galatasaray.' We called his lawyer once, that's all. But we didn't make an offer or anything," he stated.
"Zaniolo was also offered to us was offered"
Stating that Zaniolo was also offered to them,Baki said, "Nicolo Zaniolo was also offered to us. We even made an official offer.I went to Milan alone. Zaniolo's lawyer called me. He said, 'You are coming, but he wants to go to Galatasaray.' I asked, 'Why are you telling me to come to Milan?' I even spoke to Zaniolo's father on the phone. They said, 'If you pay 2 million euros more, we can turnthe boy's headin your direction.'
That day was the day theearthquakeoccurred. Thepresident said to me, 'Selahattin, itdoesn't feel right to me. Youdon't realize the situation here,' he said. I wouldn't pay that kind of moneyanyway, and also, Ithere is something here that doesn't sit right with me,' he said. The next d ay we made an offer, but for -2 million euros, so they wouldn't accept it. I went to Istanbul, to Kadıköy, and hewent to Istanbul, to Florya," he said. "Jorge Jesus..."
Regarding Torreira and Mertens as well
he made comments. Making astriking confession, Baki said, "Lucas Torreira and Dries Mertens were offered to us. But Jorge Jesus does not like short players."