Fenerbahçe candidate blames Benfica and Mário Branco: "They cornered us" | OneFootball

Just like Benfica, Fenerbahçe is also close to holding its elections for the club’s leadership. One of the candidates, in this case Hakan Bilal Kutiualp, decided to address the transfer of Kerem Akturkoglu and pointed the finger at the Eagles and Mário Branco.

In statements to Fanatik, one of the biggest local sports dailies, the former Turkish Federation official claimed it was a ‘trap’: “We fell into the trap in the transfer of Karem Aktürkoglu. Mário Branco cornered us in that transfer.”

After pointing the finger at the former sporting director of Fenerbahçe, who left the Turks for the Glorious, the candidate recalled how the Istanbul club used to have a different approach to the market: “In our time, we were the ‘playmakers’ in transfers. We set up the game, decided who came and when.”

Finally, Ali Koç’s opponent in the upcoming elections recalled that the Reds delayed the departure of the former number 7, which ended up harming Fenerbahçe’s European ambitions: “We weren’t able to sign Karem Aktürkoglu in time and he eliminated us.”

It should be remembered that the Turkish international, who arrived at Estádio da Luz last season, was transferred in the final days of the summer transfer window and, upon arriving in Istanbul, was already involved in trouble with a former Galatasaray teammate, the eternal rival of his new club.

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