Leaves of private messages from the Federation concerning José Mourinho could have Turkish football wave.
It is a matter that affects Turkish football but which could well become a state scandal. In an article published by Ajanssporthe journalist Tahir Kum reveals important breaches of bias within the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). Private messages WhatsApp between the president of the PDFK (Professional Disciplinary Committee), Celil Nuri Demiurk, and several members of the Board of Directors of the TFF report a blatant interference, with a name at the heart of these exchanges: José Mourinho.
While the emblematic Portuguese coach took the reins of Fenerbahce last season, José Mourinho finds himself in the middle of WhatsApp exchanges particularly compromising in these exchanges of the high sphere of Turkish football: “Mourinho is too tolerated. We will make him pay next season“Can we read on one of the disclosed extracts. A bias for the Clear Galatasaray rival in certain messages displaying the code” 1905 “for the foundation year of the Stambouliote club.
Faced with these revelations, all the members concerned presented their resignation according to Ajansspor. While the president of Fenerbahce, Ali Koç, says he has the screenshots of these more than compromising exchanges. The Fener also issued a sharp press release: “If these facts are proven, they ruin the principle of impartiality and question the institutional credibility of the Turkish Football Federation“.
If José Mourinho for his part did not react, this scandal deeply echoes his heavy words of meaning dropped during the season: “The Turkish league is too dark, too gray, it smells bad. The only thing I can say is that after 25 years as a coach, I have never seen anything like that“.