'FIFA will suspend us' Ibrahim Hacıosmanoğlu's statement on referees: Not my problem

İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, President of the Turkish Football Federation, answered AA's questions. Hacıosmanoğlu used the following expressions in his statements:

"IF IT HAPPENED IN TURKEY, THE EARTH WOULD MOVE!"

TFF İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "We talked to UEFA officials, we are far behind in Europe in terms of refereeing errors. If the mistakes in England happened here, the ground would move!"

END OF MATCH COMMENTS IN TURKEY!

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "This is the biggest disgrace of Turkey! How many minutes do they do post-match commentary in England? 80% of those who make those comments should remember when they were referees and executives at the TFF! I know that they finished 5-0, 6-0 matches with instructions! You can't do an end-of-match program like a talk show there!"

"MATCHES WILL BE WON ON THE FIELD!"

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "I am doing the right thing, let anyone be satisfied. If everyone is satisfied, you are not doing your job right. We have not and will not compromise on justice and transparency. We want the matches to be won on the field."

FOREIGN REFEREE!

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: ""The foreign referee was for one time only. We did it to protect our own referees. We have the referees who make the fewest mistakes in Europe, why do we need foreign referees..."

"THE LACK OF TURKISH REFEREES IS NOT MY PROBLEM!"

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "Süleyman Demirel had a saying, 'There was gasoline and we drank it'. Referees are traumatized. There is one elite referee, Halil Umut Meler. His balance was disturbed due to the unpleasant incident, which we do not approve of, and he has just recovered.

The referee who will officiate the Champions League final is not at the World Cup. No one can blame me for why there are no Turkish referees.

Our young referees, our women referees, how they are getting matches in Europe. You will see how many of our referees will go to the next European Championship and the World Cup after that. We are going to make FIFA referees, they need to referee in professional leagues for two years, but they don't. We did a rejuvenation operation. The president of the MHK said they wouldn't accept it, let's not send them. I said 'we are going to make a revolution', I asked them, they accepted.

These referees have grown up, they will become elite referees. Normally, it takes four years to become an elite referee, but hopefully we will bring it to an earlier date, to the maximum possible date with our friendly relations. We will reap the fruits later.

These brothers will go to the next European Championship and the next World Cup. If they don't go, bill me for it."

"THE REFEREES DID NOT DECIDE THE RESULT OF THE LEAGUE!"

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "Referees made mistakes, but they didn't determine anything. Referees didn't determine the fate of the league, but they used to."

CLUBS' DEBTS

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "UEFA and FIFA have instructions, we act accordingly. We have made a lot of progress in this regard. For years, UEFA was saying it, but it was not being done, we switched to a uniform contract. In this regard, we give spending limits according to the criteria for clubs to get out of debt, but this is the main problem of football. We have no contradiction in that regard, we act according to the instructions. We do not have institutionalism, clubs are managed according to the coach system. Go and look at the big teams in Europe, when the coach leaves, they don't say 'this is not his squad, make 10 transfers'. Does this happen in Barcelona, Real Madrid!

SENDING TO CLUBS!

We follow up, but the president of the club has set up the squad for the coach, the coach fails and leaves. The coach says, 'This is not my squad'. The 'big brothers' in the Turkish sports press say 'this is not the coach's squad'. It is not the coach's squad, it is the club's squad.

Look, Göztepe is doing it, it should be imitated. There are 1-2 other clubs similar to Göztepe. Göztepe has no spending limit, it is unlimited, it can spend as much as it wants."

FOREIGN RULE

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "There is no change in the rule we announced for next year. It was 12+2 foreigners, it will be 10+4 foreigners. We announced that last year. We continue in that direction."

CHAMPIONSHIP SHARE IN BROADCASTING REVENUE

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "I told my friends who objected, there was no objection to Arbitration. We always take Europe as an example, equal distribution is 50 percent in England, 50 percent in France, 50 percent in Italy, 53 percent in Germany, 50 percent in Spain. We have 37 percent. 11 percent is money per championship as other criteria. If you finish in the top 5 in the Champions League, you get your reward. There was an injustice there. We took 11 percent and put it above 37 percent."

FIXTURES DRAWING

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "When you look at it with ulterior motives... You draw the lot yourself there. There is not a movie spinning there. What are you going to change? If you say there is distrust, you say there are suspicions. There are criteria for Istanbul teams, so they attract differently."

MINIMUM WAGE FOOTBALLER

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "Contracts come to us. In the past, there used to be double contracts, the player could not defend himself when he had a dispute with the club.

We changed the instructions, if a second contract emerges, there are heavy sanctions for both the player and the club. We receive a single type of contract. There are heavy penalties for the second contract both in our eyes and in the eyes of UEFA and FIFA.

There are no minimum wage players in the Super League. Not even in the Amateur League."

BAHİS: "THERE ARE 7 THOUSAND ADMINISTRATORS..."

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "Betting is a different issue. One third of the referees are gone. It had to be done. I am a person who fought for this for years. It is our debt to our children that football is clean. If you do such things, it will shorten the time you sit in office, your life may be short. Allah Almighty gives these positions. We cannot calculate tomorrow. The Master of the Universe does.

I know about the early pollution in football. There was trouble in the Ankara Municipality - Nazilli match. The draw was working for them. Then players, trainers and managers of both teams bet on a draw. We said let's check, we wrote to the Ministry, we started the operation. Those who want to dilute it take it in a different direction.

We don't identify names on our own and refer people. We apply to the ministry, the ministry receives the data from the betting companies and we analyze it. I assigned him to 3 people. Even Legal Affairs learns about it 1 day before the referral.

It's time for the executives. Next week, data on managers will come. Our criteria are already clear.

There are 7,000-odd managers, those who made it within 5 years and those who left. It will take 1-1.5 months after they come to us. The process is not over. There are even those who say they can't deal with it. We have already started this."

UEFA AND FIFA WILL SUSPEND US!"

🎙️"The Constitutional Court ruled that the decisions of the Arbitration Board were unfair and gave parliament 9 months to amend the law. It was decided that the PFDK and the ICC cannot be independent. The reason is that the TFF appoints the boards. Will you take steps without waiting for parliament?"

TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: "Previously, the Board of Arbitration was elected. Friends are working on it. This will be on the agenda at the financial general assembly. There is a financial general assembly on June 7-8. It will be on the agenda, friends are preparing.

I met with the President of the Constitutional Court. Of course there are many references in the report. I told the President of the Constitutional Court that if UEFA and FIFA know about them, they will suspend us for a long time.

As a sport, you depend on UEFA and FIFA. You won't get involved that much. There are phrases that try to make it look like a public organization. They are trying to make it look like a public organization, dangerous word.

TFF is autonomous, affiliated to UEFA and FIFA. If you make it look like a public legal entity, like other federations, then the institutions you are affiliated to will say 'stop' to you."