APPIANO GENTILE - Emre press conference (4).
The loss of Crespo is serious. Do you need to operate on the transfer market?
Last year we only played with Vieri and Ronaldo in the last three months. Now, Recoba, Kallon and soon also Ventola can play with Vieri. We have alternatives, if another player arrives then that's fine. But I think the strikers that are already here are enough.
There are are lot of promising young players in Turkey. What's the situation?
Football is growing. Since the World Cup, more attention is being paid. In the Under-21 side there are two or three very good youngsters that came to play against Italy. The important thing for Turkish players is to understand what to do after they turn twenty-one. I think it's fundamental to go and play in Europe.
Five months on, has Ronaldo apologised for the declarations he made?
It wasn't something to apologise for. We spent some good times together. And also, I never heard those things from him.
