Lionel Messi announcement from Galatasaray! Bombshell words from Dursun Özbek, last minute transfer...

Galatasaray Club President Özbek spoke at the "Bosphorus Sports Summit". Özbek made striking statements on the agenda. Especially his Lionel Messi remarks rocked social media.

'Galatasaray showed that it is a pioneering team'

Emphasizing that Galatasaray is a pioneering team, Özbek said, "The projects we put forward in 2016 started to come to fruition in 2022. Galatasaray showed that it is a pioneering team in this sense. At that time, we received criticism from other communities such as "It became a real estate company", but at the point we have reached today, our competitors want to enter a sustainable field of activity by developing similar projects as we have put forward."

'We are reaching our goals one by one'

Uzbek also said, "From 2022 onwards, we set three main goals: ensuring financial sustainability, establishing facilities and achieving sporting success. We are achieving our goals one by one. I am someone who comes from within the Galatasaray community. I have always been with the fans and I know them very well. I hope we will continue like this."

'The presence of Osimhen and Icardi icons...'

Speaking about Cimbom's sporting achievements, Özbek said: "At the moment, when you look at the camaraderie in Turkey, I think Galatasaray's fan base has grown a lot, especially as a result of the efforts of Osimhen and Icardi icons. Gradually, the whole of Turkey is becoming Galatasaray fans. It is not good that the league is between two teams as we have seen in the last 2-3 years. I think it is very important for the competition to spread a little bit further down. It is useful to have 5-6-7 teams chasing the championship. I think this will be very important for the development of football and for Turkish football."

Champions League and Erden Timur quotes

Speaking about the Champions League, Galatasaray President said, "The Champions League is a very tough place. Very important teams are playing. We want to continue our journey by finishing in the top 8 or 16. I trust my team. I hope that we will reach our Champions League target this year and please our fans without losing our concentration." On the question of Erden Timur, Özbek said, "We are in talks with Erden Timur. We have already worked together. He is a brother we are in constant contact with. Managements may need changes from time to time. There can be fatigue in management."

'Did you say Messi, say it again!

Dursun Özbek said, "One cannot live without dreaming. Will we see Messi in a Galatasaray jersey one day?" Upon the question, he said the following: "Did you say Messi? Galatasaray's most successful point is the transfers it has made. We didn't make too many transfers, but we made the transfers we needed, we kept the team. We kept the backbone of the team that became champion three years in a row, especially the whole team. I believe we built a successful team with transfers. We raised the bar very high. We made the highest transfer in the history of Turkish football. Galatasaray's economic level is suitable for these transfers. We have raised the level of success to a high level, so you can easily ask the Messi question. While doing all this, we have achieved a good financial situation and we are not doing anything that will disrupt this. All the work we do, all of it has to stay within our financial capacity. That's why we have built a good team and hopefully we have goals in Europe. We will do whatever it takes to reach these goals."