Nihat Kahveci's Blunt Comments on a National Team Player: "If It Were Me, I Wouldn't Call Him Up"
After Turkey's A National Football Team lost 2-1 to Belgium, Nihat Kahveci drew attention on Kontraspor with his comments about goalkeeper Berke Özer's call-up to the national team. Kahveci said he would not call up a player who had not played but claimed to be in form and went to camp.
As post-match evaluations continued after the A National Football Team lost 2-1 to Belgium at home in the UEFA Nations League, Nihat Kahveci's remarks about goalkeeper Berke Özer drew attention on Kontraspor. The 26-year-old keeper, who was recalled to the national squad after head coach Sergen Yalçın took over, sat on the bench during the Belgium match.
Discussing the matter, Kahveci made the following remarks about Özer's call-up to the national team:
"I wouldn't call him. I scored 23 goals in La Liga and I didn't play, I didn't leave the camp, but I asked why I wasn't playing. We don't even know how the problem was resolved. If he didn't play and went saying 'I'm in form, it's my right,' then I wouldn't call him. Do you understand what I mean? He has to apologize and say he was wrong, only then can he be called up. Look, I'm including myself when I say this: I scored 23 goals in La Liga, I'm competing with Fenomen Ronaldo, I came to the national team and there were times I didn't play, but I didn't leave the camp."
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