Sergen Yalçın: 'Let's play the match first, then judge us!'

Announcing the candidate squad for the matches that the National Team will play against Belgium and France in the UEFA Nations A League, coach Sergen Yalçın emphasized that they aim to create the squad of the future. The technical boss of the crescent and star team said, "Stories will be rewritten" and added: "Let's see how our story will be. We will see it together. We need everyone's support. I think we can achieve this with our children. Let's play a match first. Then let's discuss and judge us. This is the people's team, your team. I have only one request from you. Please do not make negative news about the national team and our players before we even start work."

WHOEVER DESERVES WILL BE IN THE NATIONAL TEAM

Stating that they have implemented the artificial intelligence-supported player monitoring and performance analysis platform that they have been working on for a long time, Yalçın said: "We have a 4-year period ahead of us. On the one hand, we are working to win the matches and, on the other hand, to lay the foundations of a team that can be successful in the upcoming big tournaments. Names and clubs are not very important. Whoever deserves it, whoever will contribute to this team will be there. We work with a large pool of players. We want to make the national team feel like a club team. We have established a very serious scout team. Our only goal is the European Championship and the World Cup." Participating in the Cup and recruiting young players to the national team.

THERE IS NO PLAYER WHO DOESN'T CALL MY PHONE

We have a pool of nearly 60 players. We selected 26 players from this pool. Kenan wanted to come to the national team even though he was injured. His club (Juventus) wanted to continue his treatment there and we said that the player could stay. At the last minute, we had to remove Başakşehir goalkeeper (Muhammed Şengezer) from the squad due to his injury. Claims that some football players do not return my phone calls do not reflect the truth. After taking office, we exchanged information and held meetings with many players on the phone. Showing things that didn't happen as if they happened will harm the national team.

WE WILL PLAY WITH CENTER FORWARD, OUR SYSTEM WILL BE DIFFERENT

I talked to Berke. There have been some problems before. There are no problems right now. He is dying to come to the national team. Arda Güler is a very young actor. He made a serious breakthrough. "We will let him play in whatever position he wants." Yalçın made the following evaluation about the Belgium and France matches: "We will play with centre-forwards. Our system will be a little different. We did not get healthy results in the last matches we played. We have the last two matches ahead of us and we have a chance of not being relegated. The Belgium match is very important. We think we have made a good mix. I am thinking of starting with physically ready players. Hopefully, the future will be good."