The former footballer was the victim of a scam in Türkiye that involved other athletes and the technical director Fatih Terim.
Nowadays, financial scams are a growing problem. Mostly virtually and with people who have difficulties with digital transactions, but in this case it was a banking institution that used the name of an important coach to trick soccer players into investing large sums of money.
In 2018, it was Denizbank, which used coached Fatih Terim to convince players like Arda Turan, Emre Colak, Fernando Muslera, Emre Belözglu, Semih Kaya and Selcuk Inan among others. The victims blindly trusted the technician’s initiative and even openly spoke of the project as “Fatih Terim’s fund.”
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The scam against Arda Turan
The scandal arose in April 2023, following a complaint from coach Fatih Terim, who was one of those who used the bench to make the players fall. The news came out some time after the coach was separated from the Panathinaikos team in Greece. Terim denounced the bank Denizbank for defrauding the players Arda Turan, Emre Colak and Fernando Muslera.
Apparently, the director of a bank branch had asked soccer players for millions in amounts for a fund that was going to go to a high-performance school. The pretext was that the famous coach was also going to collaborate, although that agreement had never been officially closed.
Arda Turan’s career in football
Arda Turan was a midfielder of Turkish origin who had his best period as a player at Atlético Madrid in Spain, he also played for Barcelona and his career began at Galatasaray in Turkey.
The player began his career at Galatasaray SK on January 22, 2005 in the Turkish Cup. The team was champion, but due to its lack of minutes on the court it was transferred to Vestel Manisaspor. That team fought to maintain the category but was eventually relegated. The following year he returned to Galatasaray to enter the starting 11. From 2007 to 2011 he was a starter and very important in the squad.
In the summer of 2011 he was transferred to Atlético de Madrid for 12 million euros. He was the undisputed starter until 2015, where he was transferred to Barcelona due to his high level, for 34 million euros. In any case, he did not have much prominence and moved to Istanbul Baakehir F. K in 2018.
In 2020 he requested the termination of his contract to return to Galatasaray and finally retire on September 12, 2022.
Source: Ambito
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