Response from Beşiktaş to Samsunspor President Yıldırım! 'Statements that exceed boundaries...'
Samsunspor President Yüksel Yıldırım claimed in his statement following the 0-0 draw against Beşiktaş that the Black-and-White management had made an offer to head coach Thomas Reis. A harsh response came from Beşiktaş to Yıldırım.
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In the 20th week of the Süper Lig, Beşiktaş faced Samsunspor at home. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Samsunspor President Yüksel Yıldırım made evaluations regarding the match after the goalless draw.
Regarding the red card Samsunspor received, Yüksel Yıldırım said after the match, "The second yellow card was a harsh decision, but justice was served. The second yellow card does not go to VAR. The referee butchered us so beautifully... He showed very cheap yellow cards to our players. I wish he had shown them to Beşiktaş as well. The referee was biased today; all that was missing was him scoring a goal! He wanted Beşiktaş to win. But it doesn't matter, our goalkeeper and the goalposts protected us."
Stating that an offer had come from Beşiktaş to Samsunspor's head coach Thomas Reis, Yıldırım said, "An indirect offer came to our coach from Beşiktaş. That's what we heard, through his agent. Our coach said he did not accept it and that he is happy in Samsun. The coach is not stupid. He comes from Germany. He knows what kind of team he came to. There is a president here. It is unclear what will happen to Beşiktaş. There is another election in 4 months. Why would he look for an adventure? There is a project here. If we finish in the top 5 of the league, our coach will be managing a team in Europe next year."
RESPONSE FROM BEŞİKTAŞ REGARDING THOMAS REIS
Following Yüksel Yıldırım's remarks about Thomas Reis, Beşiktaş published a statement on the club's website.
Stating that no meeting had taken place with Thomas Reis, the statement read, "Reeder Samsunspor Club President R. Yüksel Yıldırım used statements that exceed boundaries regarding our Club in an interview he gave to a television channel today. First of all, we would like to state that Reeder Samsunspor head coach Thomas Reis has never been on our agenda. Therefore, no direct or indirect meeting has been held for Reis, neither with his club nor with him or his agent. In the post-match press conference, the coach in question gave the best answer to this issue by refuting the club president."
The statement also included the following: "R. Yüksel Yıldırım, who is known to be a fan of another team and whom we hosted today in his capacity as the current Reeder Samsunspor Club President, used expressions that exceeded boundaries and pushed the limits of decency with the enthusiasm of the one point his team earned at Tüpraş Stadium. We leave the judgment of Robert Yüksel Yıldırım's statements, which were refuted by his own head coach, to the public."