Ergin Ataman: I do not know the president of Fortitudo Bologna

Ergin Ataman, who denied the claims that he would be an investor in the Italian team Fortitudo Bologna through DHA, said, “There is a saying, a madman threw a stone into a well, and a thousand people tried to extract that stone. 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, last 15 years ago. Other than that, I have no contact. I don’t know where they got this from. A friend from the Italian press wrote this. We also have something like 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. 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 set in Italy. I made a statement about Turin. A month ago, after 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 madman 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.”