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Galatasaray continued the preparations for the Trabzonspor match, which will be played in the 4th week of the Spor Toto Super League, with a training session in the morning. Dries Mertens, who was added to the staff of the yellow-red team, answered the questions of the members of the press before the training.
Belgian player, despite receiving offers from many teams GalatasarayHe explained the reason for choosing Galatasaray by saying, “Galatasaray is the biggest club. I don’t like talking about other teams. I’m very happy and proud to be here.”
Mertens said that he talked to Marek Hamsik, who played in Trabzonspor and played together in Napoli for a while.
To a question about the joy he will make after his first goal with the Galatasaray jersey, the experienced player replied, “I am looking forward to scoring a goal. Then we will see how I will be happy together.”
“I TRY TO SHOW LOTS OF GOALS”
The 35-year-old player, who said that they often talk with coach Okan Buruk about the position he will play, said, “I played in many different regions, such as left wing, right wing, back of the striker, forward. As long as I am close to the goal, I feel comfortable. I try to score a lot of goals.” .
“WE WILL PROVIDE OURSELVES ON THE PATH OF CHAMPIONSHIP”
Expressing that he believes they will perform better with each passing day with the goal of becoming the champion, Mertens said, “I have been here for 2-3 weeks. We finished 13th last season. Of course, starting as a leader suddenly may not be within expectations. We will continue to improve ourselves every day. We will work harder every day to advance ourselves on the way to the championship,” he said.
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“I ASSUME TO HELP YOUNG PLAYERS AS A TASK”
Stating that he is in constant communication with the young players in the team and helping them, Dries Mertens said, “We have very good and quality players. I help them with tactics and position. I try to help the team even when I am not playing. Since I am a part of the team, it is a duty.” I take charge,” he said.
“MENEMEN WE LIKED IT SO MUCH”
Mertens said that he likes Istanbul very much and that the culture of a country is very important to him.
“Culture is important to me. I enjoy traveling. I like Istanbul very much, a little bit. traffic has a problem. We ate Menemen, we liked it very much. I think the hardest football. The important thing is to improve myself on the game side and to be useful.”
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“2 GOALS IN 3 MATCHES, NOT A VERY GOOD RESULT”
Stating that they need to carry their offensive performance further in the remaining part of the league, Mertens said, “2 goals in 3 games is not a very good result. But on the other hand, we conceded only 1 goal in these 3 games. First of all, we need to think about defense and then attack. If we want to be one of the top teams. “We have to give importance to this. We had more chances in the last game. We need to turn them into goals. We have a lot of new players. They need to get used to each other. We also need to think that this is a long-term project. We should not overlook it. We need to come out with a more positive attitude to the next period,” he said. ended.
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