The Turkish Soccer Federation Nationwide Groups Officer Hamit Altintop has hit again at criticism of Ridvan Yilmaz after his transfer to Rangers.
The previous Actual Madrid and Bayern Munch midfielder oversees the Turkish nationwide aspect and took half in a heated TV interview following the huge Nations League upset by the hands of the Faroe Islands. The beautiful 2-1 defeat has despatched shockwaves by way of the Turkish sport and Altintop was fast to step on to TRT Sport to present an instantaneous publish match debrief, the place he batted away a bunch of considerations over the nationwide aspect.
Through the scattergun debrief, Altintop defended boss Stefan Kuntz and his choice for the worldwide double header which noticed the aspect decide up only one level from video games towards Luxembourg and the Faroes. The pundits flagged up considerations with the decision up of the Rangers defender, who has solely made two beginning appearances for the reason that 21-year-old accomplished his £5.5million transfer from Besiktas.
Hosts Bilal Mese described Yilmaz as being "carried like a bag" by Kuntz, having not performed a single minute of soccer throughout his time away from Ibrox. Nonetheless, Altintop urged the critics to present the full-back time to regulate to the Scottish Premiership. He stated: "Do not we see that Ridvan has entered right into a tradition and language change? We're speaking about months (after the transfer).
"I hope the senior gamers will present him the precise path, give (him) braveness and self-confidence. They (younger gamers) want us. They are saying to us, I hope they present us the precise means, they are saying it can assist me.
"We're striving for them. We need to play properly. Need need them to say if I'm gifted, I could be profitable with this dedication. They need to say that I can come to the precise locations."
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