Ricardo Quaresma's Beşiktaş confession: I didn't want to come

Quaresma made statements about his career on the black-and-white club's official YouTube channel.

Here are Ricardo Quaresma's statements:

"I think Beşiktaş players should show more respect to the club and the fans."

"For me, the old stadium was better. It was more intimidating for the players who came to play against us. I miss the old stadium."

"I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE BEŞİKTAŞ"

"If I wasn't in the starting 11, I would get upset with the coaches. That's why I would sit far away from them on the bench."

"I didn't want to leave Beşiktaş. It was a difficult, complicated, sad, and boring period."

"MY BIGGEST RIVAL WAS BENFICA"

"There were tense players at halftime of the Benfica match. We felt that if we could find an early goal, we could change the game. We started with a magnificent goal. After the goal, we continued our dominant play. If we had 5 more minutes, we would have won. I was very angry when I entered the locker room. Because it was a Portuguese team. I don't like losing to Portuguese clubs. My biggest rival was Benfica. I kicked a trash can."

"THE WHOLE STADIUM STARTED CHANTING MY NAME"

"I scored the goal in the final minutes of the Beşiktaş-Porto match and we won 1-0. I played a great game that day. What surprised me the most was that the stadium started chanting my name when the match ended. This is not normal, because I was a Porto player. This stunned me. I was walking towards the tunnel at the end of the match. A Beşiktaş official told me to give my Porto jersey to one of the Beşiktaş fans. When I gave the jersey, the whole stadium started chanting my name. This affected me a lot. I was very happy because it was the first time I was experiencing something like this. And the truth is, you cannot escape fate."

"I DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO BEŞİKTAŞ"

"When I first came to Beşiktaş, I didn't want to come to Beşiktaş. Because I knew Beşiktaş, but I didn't know the country. I didn't want to play in Turkey. At that time, the president talked to me. This changed my mindset a little bit. It allowed me to understand what kind of country it was and the Turkish culture. When I came here and saw that crowd at the airport, I said, 'I am home.' I will have to give everything for these fans. Today, I can say that Beşiktaş is one of my greatest loves."

"Since the first day I wore the Beşiktaş jersey, there has been a bond between me and the fans. They gave me strength, and I gave them happiness. That's why I played in pain and tired many times. But I looked at the fans and thought. I couldn't let them be sad. I think this bond will last forever."

News Source: 12punto