Acun Ilıcalı gave a definitive answer to the allegations! 'I have no thought of selling Hull City' | Fenerbahçe quotes

Hull City arrived in Turkey on Sunday, July 13th with a tiger-clad plane specially designed for Hull City by Corendon Airlines for the preparatory camp and friendly matches. Hull City are camping at TFF's Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities in Riva between July 13-20 as part of the "Tigers on Tour" event.

A press conference was held with the participation of Hull City President Acun Ilıcalı, Hull City Technical Director Sergej Jakirovic and Sporting Director Jared Dublin before the friendly matches.

'I NEVER MADE A STATEMENT THAT I WILL SELL THE CLUB'

Acun Ilıcalı's statements are as follows;

"When we give an interview in Turkey, it comes out differently in England. When we give an interview in England, it comes out differently in Turkey. This is probably due to the distance. I have never made a statement that I will sell the club. Such a question was asked and the answer was that it was normal that there was interest from the club. Because the current value of our squad is over 50 million euros, it was around 20 million euros when we arrived. This will go up a little more. We think it can potentially double. We said it is normal that there is interest. Maybe it is more attractive in Turkey. Let me answer once again, I have no thought of selling the club at the moment. I am very happy. I hope we will have good success. We don't know what will happen tomorrow. Years ago I didn't think I would buy the club, and now I don't think I will sell it. There are surprises in life, but right now I have no plans to sell the club."

'FENERBAHÇE TOOK UP A LOT OF MY TIME'

"I said I realized I'm not Superman. I thought I could handle it, but the extreme intensity at Fenerbahçe took up more of my time than I expected. There were days when a 24-hour day turned into 17-18 hours of Fenerbahçe for me. There were instant crises, instant problems, many tasks. I am happy and very proud to be the vice-president of Fenerbahce, but it affected the Hull City side. I spent the whole summer non-stop with Fenerbahce, it must have had an impact. Life is about learning from mistakes, I don't see my tenure at Fenerbahce as a mistake, don't misunderstand me, but it is true that such a result came out."

'I WILL SUPPORT UNTIL THE END'

"I'm proud to be working at Fenerbahce. I don't want to analyze the past season, but if I have to talk about the next season, I don't like to talk about the past right now, a good squad is being built. Our president is making a great effort day and night. Good transfers have been made, are being made and will be made. I feel we will have a strong squad. As a Fenerbahçe fan, I will always support the team. If our president asks me for anything, I'm always here. The important thing here is that hearts are one. I am a good Fenerbahce fan. I'm there when the team needs me, I'm proud of that. Last year I was invited as a manager, I was proud of that. Right now I'm in the stands as a fan and I will support until the end."

TRANSFER QUOTES

"Let me give you some information about our transfer situation. We can take players on loan and free of charge. We cannot give money to a club and make a transfer. But I have a dream that Turkish footballers will make us proud there. We cannot go out of logic for this. We took Ozan Tufan there, today he is the favorite of the fans. He played perfectly and gave his all. The fans also love him very much. Not every footballer will be successful. Abdülkadir was also very successful in his first season. After that, he couldn't play due to injury. Otherwise his quality is indisputable. Doğukan was injured a lot, unfortunately, we didn't get to see him. It would be nice if a Turkish footballer succeeded there with my team."