Sergen Yalçın Takes Over the National Team on a 4-Year Deal
An agreement was reached with Sergen Yalçın for a 4-year term as head coach of the A National Football Team, and a signing ceremony was held. TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu and Yalçın made statements about the new era at the ceremony.
The Sergen Yalçın era has officially begun for the A National Football Team. TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, TFF board members and guests attended the ceremony held at the Riva Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities. The parties agreed on a 4-year deal.
Hacıosmanoğlu said they were proud to entrust the national team to a Turkish coach again after 5 years. He also thanked Italian coach Vincenzo Montella, with whom the federation has parted ways, for his contributions. The president noted that Yalçın's close knowledge of Turkish football and its players would be a great advantage. He also described the fact that Yalçın did not put financial matters forward as a sign of his commitment to the national team.
Yalçın, for his part, thanked the federation for finding him worthy of the role. Saying that today was the most important day of his career, the coach declared, "I am now the people's coach, everyone's coach." He said the European Championship and World Cup campaigns lie ahead, and that they took these into account in the contract.
Yalçın stated that the door of the national team would be open to everyone. He added that they would build the squad fairly and correctly, and that some choices might be debated.
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