Ertuğrul Doğan: We will sign whoever is needed at the mid-season break

Trabzonspor President Ertuğrul Doğan explained the mid-season transfer plan in an interview with TRT Spor. Doğan said they will consider every request from the technical staff and added, "We will sign whoever is needed." He noted that a transfer is not one-sided, and that rival clubs also have to be willing to release the player.

Doğan said they were not able to start the season the way they wanted, and that a new era has begun with Thomas Reis. He said they had agreed a long-term deal with Fatih Tekke, but that the decision to leave came from the coach himself. Stating that there was no time to lose, so they set out with Reis, who knows the country, Doğan said he hopes to come away with wins from the Hearts and Rizespor matches as well.

The president also touched on the Muhammed Salah transfer and rated the player at the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He recalled that close to 30 thousand supporters went to the airport when Salah arrived, and that the signing ceremony was held in a full stadium.

Addressing the financial picture, Doğan said rival clubs are carrying on with 30 billion TL of debt, while Trabzonspor's debt stands at 3 billion TL. He said that if they had not stopped the debt, they could have become the most indebted club, with 35 to 40 billion TL.