Okan Buruk speaks on Galatasaray's goalkeeper transfer

Buruk made statements to TV 100. Here are Okan Buruk's remarks...

"The last three years have passed as a race between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. There have been extraordinary races. Last year, we finished with an 11-point lead. I think Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş will be more seriously involved this year. There are surprise teams and strong starts. Coach Emre started with 6 points with Antalyaspor. Winning is important. It is hot, and the pitches are in poor condition. There is a transfer window. I don't like this period because there are those who will leave, those who want to stay. There are those who don't want to leave, and there are those you don't want to see leave.

"THE TRANSFER MARKET HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY"

"When you look at it this year, there are no players under 60-70 million euros! The transfer market has risen significantly.

Our revenues have increased significantly; let me speak specifically about us. Every year our revenues have increased, we see it. We have caught up with the big teams in Europe. The money entering the club's coffers, the exit from the Banks Association... The Osimhen and Sane transfers are great successes. There is great effort here. Abdullah Kavukçu has put in a great deal of effort. Under the leadership of the president, he did a very important job.

Galatasaray has reached an incredible place economically.

"THE EDERSON TRANSFER IS NOT IN OUR HANDS"

The profile of the goalkeeper Galatasaray is targeting is important; you must bring in the right person. If you proceed according to your own goals, it can take time. The same thing happened with Osimhen. If we had given up and signed someone else, we wouldn't have been happy. We are proceeding in line with our goals, and this leads to delays. We have a successful goalkeeper like Günay Güvenç. We will submit the European squad list on September 2nd, and we will resolve this by then.

Antwerp goalkeeper Senne Lammens is also on the list. We have a list of 6-7 people. It is not easy to play in front of the Galatasaray crowd. There are names we are targeting and are close to. There is no crisis regarding the goalkeeper; there is time. We will do the right thing in the remaining time. Pressure transfers have not brought us any good; we experienced that last year and before.

The Ederson transfer is not in our hands! He has a contract with his club. There is the Donnarumma situation, of course... Our president decides on the commercial aspects of the transfers.

Galatasaray chose to go for elite players this year. You can also go for a very talented player. The opinions of our goalkeeper coaches are also very important. The goalkeeper transfer will perhaps happen in three days, or perhaps in a week or ten days."