Sergen Yalçın: I am paying the price for a job I am not responsible for

In the 33rd week of the Trendyol Super Lig, Beşiktaş lost 2-1 to Trabzonspor at home. Speaking at the press conference held after the match, Beşiktaş manager Sergen Yalçın said, "It was a difficult night for us. The fans protesting this much disrupted the players' motivation.

There was already a lack of motivation. But it is very difficult to play a match in this atmosphere. We don't care much about this situation at the end of the league. Both sides played at a slow pace. When I started the job, I said it would be a difficult season and that the fans would suffer. I emphasized that this would be for the future of Beşiktaş. We did 30 percent of this during the mid-season break. I think we have become stronger by reducing the squad.

We didn't spend much money during the mid-season break; we closed the mid-season profitably. We did not cause any economic damage to the community. I think the team is on the right track. We are of the opinion that we can build a stronger, more organized team that plays for its goals with the transfers to be made at the end of the season. We made such a plan, but football is a difficult game. While one goal can make you a king, a goal conceded can drop you to the minimum level.

The goal we conceded in the last minute in Konya lowered all motivation. It was also reflected in today's match. The fans' reaction is very normal. Both the management and the players need to show resistance against the reactions. Beşiktaş is on the right track. The right things are being done. The team is entering a good organization. Perhaps they are trying to pull it down because these are visible. I think we have made a good change with Serkan.

The situation I see is not healthy. I don't think the reactions in the stands are very normal. Beşiktaş fans have always supported their team, their coach, and their management, but the poor performance over the last 5 seasons has now reduced patience to a minimum. We have also had our share of this. This was the sad part for us," he said.

"I didn't build the squad, and I didn't experience the camp"

The 53-year-old manager also stated that the breaking point for both the fans and the community began with the goal conceded in the last minute of the Konyaspor match, adding, "That was when the season ended for us. I am not taking today's match as a basis. It is not important for us. The players had a difficult 3-4 days. I am paying the price for a job where I have the authority but not the responsibility. This is the sad part for me. I didn't build the squad, and I didn't experience the camp. I didn't play the European matches either. I came to a pre-built squad.

I came knowing the problems we would face. I didn't make statements like 'we will be champions' at the beginning of the season. The community's goals may be big, but the squad you build needs to align with those goals. The squad built at the beginning of the season was not a squad that would meet expectations. I took the job knowing this. We are doing all our planning for the long term. They ask, 'Did Beşiktaş buy so many players just to avoid finishing 4th?' Yes, we bought that many players to avoid finishing fourth. When building a squad, it should be suitable for the community's goals. We did these in the first season we arrived as well. Today's squad is not the topic of today, it is the topic of January.

The team reached this point because it didn't lose matches. With the change we made during the mid-season break, we made the fans dream, we said they would probably believe. We have become a team that plays for its goals, we need to be patient. The problems that have come over the last 5 seasons have created serious problems for the fans and the community in terms of trust. My team and I have also had our share of this. Life goes on, we know how to fix things. We didn't spend any money or anything during the mid-season break. The club has a profit of at least 40-50 million Euros. We don't talk about these, nobody knows. During the mid-season break, the club's salary budget went down by 2 million Euros. This is about the right change. Beşiktaş is still paying the salaries of 3 coaches before me. The payment of Santos's salary has just finished," he said.

"I am ready to resign in the interest of the club"

Saying "I am ready to resign in the interest of the club," Yalçın continued:

"If our fans say 'leave,' we will leave. Experiencing these things while trying to do something is sad for a manager. I started playing at this club when I was 11 years old. Look at how many trophies I contributed to when I was a player. We asked for a little patience, but there is no patience or trust left. My team is also sad. At the beginning of the season, my team was criticized, my management was criticized. There is serious chaos."

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