Fenerbahçe’s new signing Martin Skrtel has said that he didn’t regret
coming to Turkey after the July 15 failed coup attempt. The former
Liverpool defender also said he learned about the developments as he was
at home watching TV.
“I won’t lie, I thought [about] whether I
was making a mistake by coming to Turkey; those thoughts crossed my
mind,” Skrtel told Slovakian media, as he added that his family was not
in Turkey.
“My family is still not here with me. If they were
here, I would feel different. Everyone called me after the coup attempt
and I assured them that I was fine. It’s really not a nice situation to
sit in a room and watch the events as if watching a play,” the Slovak
footballer said.
Saying that his personal driver knew “what to do,” Skrtel added that he didn’t have time to travel around Istanbul.
“I
have a driver here and he takes me everywhere. He knows what to do very
well. I didn’t have time to see Istanbul. Maybe we’ll do it when my
family comes here, but we’ll definitely be careful,” he said.