Remarkable statement from the Antalyaspor President regarding Alex's contract!

The Alex de Souza era has officially begun at Süper Lig side Antalyaspor.

Alex, who signed a 2-year contract with Antalyaspor, made statements at a press conference.

Here are Alex de Souza's statements at the signing ceremony:

"Once again, I would like to thank the Antalyaspor president and the management in front of everyone.

They made me feel very good things here. I thank my president and my managers for being the reason I came to this country, where I am very happy.

Likewise, I thank the people of Antalya, who have made me feel at home here since the day I arrived. I want to bring good energy to the team here.

I would also like to inform the public that I have prepared myself in the best possible way to serve Antalyaspor before coming here.

We want to have a successful period with Antalyaspor during our 2-year contract. We want to see our fans in the stadium and make them happy. That is why I can say that I am very excited."

TRANSFER RESPONSE

Since I arrived, I have had the opportunity to examine the team more deeply and I can say that I have more information. We want to create a competitive Antalyaspor that provides viewing pleasure to the fans. We will build the right team with the right budget.

The transfer window will open in Europe. It may be natural for some players to come to Antalya. We may hear many names in the press. The management will take action in this regard. Naturally, I reach the news in Brazil before you do. Even while I was still there, it was being said that players would transfer to Antalyaspor under my direction. Unfortunately, these types of news stories happen."

TECHNICAL STAFF

Semih Şentürk will not be on our coaching staff. I will bring 2 assistant coaches from Brazil. Also, Mehmet Aurelio will be on our technical staff."

REGARDING THE SYSTEM HE WILL PLAY

I want to create a team that can engage in very serious battles with its opponents, is balanced, and will make fans run to the stadium. It is too early to talk about the system. Of course, I have some things in mind. I imagine an Antalyaspor that fans enjoy watching."

"WE WANT TO BE WITH PLAYERS WHO WANT TO PLAY FOR ANTALYASPOR"

Our main focus is to build a strong and competitive team. There are names that our certain departments in the team think about together, and we are talking about these. The most important factor here is not to disrupt the team's financial balance. We want to be with players who want to play for Antalyaspor.

Sometimes you sign contracts with strong names but you don't get what you want from them, and sometimes you get more efficiency than you expect from players who are not well-known. We want footballers who want to come to Turkey and have the desire to play for Antalyaspor."

"I SPOKE WITH ZICO, PEREIRA, AND LAZARONI"

I spoke with Zico, and I also spoke with Pereira and Lazaroni. I have always valued their opinions. I also consulted with head coaches working in Turkey.

I left here sad, but the things people made me experience while leaving here made me happy on the other hand. When the offer came from here, of course, I was happy. I also thank the Turkish people for what they have made me experience to this day."

Here are the statements of Antalyaspor President Sinan Boztepe:

"We are signing a 2-year contract with our coach Alex. We have been in meetings with our coach Alex since the day he arrived. We have already started football engineering. Those who will come and go... The players recommended by our coach and our scouting team... We have started all of these. These meetings will continue. We will try to prepare the most elite squad that will not strain Antalyaspor's budget."

"THERE ARE GREAT CLAUSES IN ALEX'S CONTRACT"

I will always have a goal. I do not set out without a goal. I have a goal again after this process. We are making a 2-year plan.

Let me be clear, this is not our goal; I experienced this in 9 months; we will not play to stay in the league. You build an ordinary team to stay in the league. As long as Antalyaspor has no goal, it cannot achieve success. We claimed the top 4, we had setbacks. I experienced 5 years' worth of events in my 5-month period. You know we lost a few players. If we look at the past years, I am not proud of this, but we did not experience the stress of staying in the league in the last weeks. We finished in a good place compared to last year, but I am not satisfied with this. The bar will be high again. After we hand over this duty properly, the friends who come after us will always keep the bar high. There are great clauses in Alex's contract; hopefully, we will play in Europe."

News Source: 12punto