74-year-old experienced coach Şenol Güneş announced in an interview with students at Bezmiâlem Vakıf University that he did not receive an offer for the National Team.
"I DID NOT RECEIVE AN OFFER FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM, GOOD LUCK TO SERGEN YALÇIN"
"There were also students from the sports high school. But there were also ambassadors. They asked questions, a lot of people next to us. 'Have you received an offer?' I said, 'No, he didn't come.' Well, good luck to Sergen Yalçın behind that, I mean, I said it before. I mean, this is a general statement. Even though it sounds foreign, it has a place in my head, but my general opinion is that I am not talking about me, Sergen or anyone else. So, I would like the Turkish coach to manage the national team. If an election is being held, if a foreigner comes, that is our crowning glory. Foreign coaches are also a shame. But as of today, the decision has been made with Sergen Hodja, so the explanation must be done well. I'm not saying this to praise or criticize Sergen. Sergen Hodja has been successful; that is, in Beşiktaş club. He has a good perspective on football and his talent as a player is seen, but he is also criticized on some issues. This is the nature of football. We will get used to it, and so will you. Doctors perform surgery and save lives; For example, a man comes and beats you. What will you do? It is necessary to be cool-headed here. So it is necessary to be patient and understanding. We should not respond to his mistake, he will find a solution. You will not defend yourself, we have to defend you. Look, we all trust doctors. Same way here. Sergen Hodja also had his criticisms, but it is not right to put him in front of him today. It is not right to put past success or failure. The choice has now been made. This could be Sergen Hodja, another Turkish coach or a foreigner. When Montella came, when Kuntz came... I with the president of the federation at that time... Everyone was against it. A lot of money was given, why authority etc. Either it was taken. "There can be no trial on a man who has been offended and started."
"SERGEN HOCA HAS ENGAGED IN THIS WORK"
"When I said something like this in Trabzon, I looked at a newspaper the day after: 'They didn't ask me when they hired Sergen Hodja.' What does it matter? Since such news came out, I responded again. Which I usually don't answer because I know what I am and I know what my expressions are, but it was needed. So I'm saying it now. Sergen Hodja is committed to this job, it is important for him too. It is important for the players, it is also important for Türkiye. Türkiye is going through such periods. There was a project I dreamed and wanted yesterday; For the development and development of Turkish football, instead of training and recruiting players from Europe, let's train and buy the best from us. Let's buy from there, but let's also produce. I said this so we wouldn't have to wait from there."
"YOU WILL PROVIDE JUSTICE FIRST YOURSELF"
"The same thing is here too. No matter who the national team coach is, if there are good players in Türkiye, there is no chance of him not taking them. In other words, he took 26 players. Let's say he took 1, 2, 3, 5, even 6 differently; it is not a big deal. Why didn't he take him? You will take him next week, it is impossible not to take him anyway. Because you have to be successful. Forget the pioneers, you have to be successful in Türkiye yourself. You have to do justice yourself." You can't provide it, who will you ask for it? That's why it's possible for him to do it... They're doing it wrong, I can't stand there anyway. That's why there's no need for excessive support, there's no need to hinder him. You too will want him to be successful, because Türkiye's success is the success of all of us."
"I THINK SERGEN TEACHER IS WORTHY OF THE POSITION"
"Think of the national team coach as a pyramid in Turkish football. He is the only man at the top. There are many club coaches, the national team is the only coach. He is from the top in many professions. But there are very fine people at the base of the pyramid, he came from here. He went through all these levels and came here. He must have been set as an example. Because he has to sit, stand up, talk, set an example... His success comes later. If he meets all these, I think Sergen Hodja deserves it. I hope he does not mislead anyone and will be successful."
"IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO"
"Türkiye currently has two matches in the group. That happened to me, too. I made that mistake too. When the first Nations League came out, there were actually friendly matches. The first time it changed was the Nations League, we had just started in the group at that time, I didn't care about the Nations League at all. We took the match to Sivas during the pandemic period. We said, let's go to Anatolia and play. The pandemic did not pass, we went and played in an empty field in Sivas. New players "I made him play so I could see, we lost the match."
