By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Ergin Atman has recently been rumored to have bought some shares of Fortitudo Bologna, aiming to become the co-owner, however, the Anadolu Efes head coach denied it and explained that nothing of the sorts happened.
“There is a saying: A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men can not get out,” Ataman told Turkish DHA TV and explained the whole ‘adventure’.
“I do not know the president of Fortitudo Bologna, nor have we had any contact with the club. I have a half-season coaching background there, from 15 years ago. Other than that, I’ve had no contact. I don’t know where they got this from. A friend from the Italian press wrote this. If there was anything in the foreign press, they made news without calling me from the Turkish press, asking if there was one or not. Of course, this took off in digital media. I even wondered if someone took a job like this on my behalf. The digital press also includes the digital organs of major newspapers. More digital than written,” he said and refuted the story with Torino as well.
“I’m a phone call away. After that news came out, a reporter from La Gazzetta Dello Sport called me and I said I don’t know such a person. If they had called me, I could have said there was no such thing. All of a sudden, I bought a club in Italy. I made a statement about Torino. A month ago, when the team did not qualify for the first division, we transferred our shares with my partner in Italy. I have nothing to do with any team in Italy. This last year was an adventure for me. We bought the shares there, we sold them, neither profit nor loss, such a thing passed. A fool threw a stone into the well, if you can, get it out. What should we do, they see us as both a coach and a great investor.”