What angered Ertuğrul Özkök: I was offended when I saw the list

Journalist Ertuğrul Özkök’s “Letters to Tansu” series continues.

Journalist and writer Ertuğrul Özkök criticized FIFA’s top 11 list in his Letters to Tansu.

Özkök made the following statements regarding the absence of Liverpool star Salah on the list:

“This is a response letter…
No, I am not writing as a citizen of a country where Muslims are the majority, but as a citizen of the world.
If I say reaction, don’t think that it is a very personal anger at the moment…
No, the reaction of a football fan who defends “Fair play”… A very humane reaction…

FIFA’s WEIRD BEST 11 LIST

This morning, when I saw FIFA’s (International Association of Football Associations) “2021 11 of the Year list”, I was offended.
Salah Mohammed was not even among the candidates in the 23-man list.
I am a good football watcher.
I don’t miss Premier League games.
This year is literally the year of Mohammed Salah in the Premier League…
Only the goals and assists he scored in the Manchester United match are already in football history.
He has 3 goals in 4 matches in the Champions League this year with Liverpool.
21 goals, 9 fantastic assists in 22 games in the 2021-22 Premier season…
And this football player is not even among the candidates…

A PLAYER WITHOUT GAMES SINCE AUGUST IS LISTED

Who is a candidate in the forward?
Karim Benzama… Okay, I have no objections.
Erling Haaland… Ehh.
Robert Levandowski… In a good year…
Romelu Lukaku… Good but not quite in the Premier League yet.
Kylian Mbappe… I have no objections.
Amaaa…
Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo…
For God’s sake, which one is just in place this season?
Put all that aside, Mohammed is not in a position to come close to Salah this season…
Why?
Dani Alves, who played his last game on August 22, 2021, is on the list…
No Mohammed Salah…

IT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST NOT ONLY WITH THE QUALITY OF FOOTBALL, BUT WITH THEIR HUMANITY.

No friend… This is his year…
Moreover, not only with the quality and effectiveness of football…
With the understanding of fair play…
The Taliban’s ban on girls from schools, with the school they opened for village girls in Egypt in a year…
With his humanity… With his calmness and modesty…
It’s a shame…
A true football fan would be ashamed of this list…
Remember, you are the football organization of not only Europe and Latin America, but the whole world…”

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