Beşiktaş manager Sergen Yalçın: 'I didn't build the squad'

Beşiktaş lost 2-1 to Trabzonspor in the 33rd week of the Trendyol Super League and coach Sergen Yalçın said that he was not surprised by what happened.

Evaluating the match at the press conference held after the match, Yalçın said, "It was a difficult night for us. The fans protesting so much demotivated the players. We tried to recover the broken motivation but it is very difficult to play in this atmosphere. I know from my time, it's the end of the league, we don't care about today's situation. Both sides played idle."

"WE DIDN'T SPEND MONEY AT HALFTIME"

Stating that Beşiktaş is on the right track, Yalçın emphasized that there is no patience left in the black-white community and said the following

"Looking at the league in general, when we took office, I said that it would be a difficult season and that the fans would suffer. I emphasized that there would be serious changes and that this would be for the future of Beşiktaş. We did 30 percent of this at halftime. We didn't spend a lot of money at halftime, we closed the halftime profitably. I think the team is on the right track. With the transfers to be made at the end of the season, we have the mentality that we can make a stronger, organized and target-oriented team. We made such a plan but football is a difficult game. A goal can make you a king while a defeat can reduce you to a minimum level. The goal we conceded in the last minute in the Konya match demotivated the whole team. It also reflected on today's game. The reaction of the fans is very normal. Both the management and the players need to show resistance against the reactions. Beşiktaş is on the right path. The right things are being done. The team is getting into a good organization. Maybe they are trying to pull it down because these things are visible. I think we made a good change with Serkan Reçber. The situation I see is not healthy. Beşiktaş fans have always supported their team, coach and management, but the bad run of the last five seasons has reduced their patience to a minimum. We had our share of it. That was the sad part for us."

"I DIDN'T BUILD THE SQUAD"

Noting that the cup match against TÜMOSAN Konyaspor was a breaking point, Yalçın said:

"The breaking point was the last minute of the Konyaspor match. The season ended for us there. I am paying the price for a job that I am in charge of but not responsible for. I didn't build the squad, I didn't organize the camp. I came to an established squad. I came knowing what I would go through, I never made a sentence that we would be champions. The goals of the community may be big, but the established squad must match the goal. The established squad is not a squad that will meet expectations. I took office with this in mind and played the game the next day. Yes, we bought so many players to be fourth. When building a squad, it must be in line with the target of the community. I had these problems when I first arrived. We accepted the task on purpose. The protest is a topic for January. It came to this day because the team didn't lose a match. We said we'll fix it, we'll do it. With the right change we made, we made them dream and we thought they'd believe it. It will become a team that plays for the goal. We need to be patient. We didn't spend any money at halftime. The club has a profit of 40-50 million euros. Beşiktaş is still paying the salaries of 3 coaches before me. If the fans tell us to quit, we will quit, but the last bastion we trusted has fallen in the last two games."