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Beşiktaş's Doğan Alemdar welcomes competition with Nübel, calls it key to success
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Beşiktaş's Doğan Alemdar welcomes competition with Nübel, calls it key to success

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Beşiktaş's new goalkeeper Doğan Alemdar expressed excitement about joining the club and competing with Alexander Nübel.
  • Alemdar believes the competition between him and Nübel will drive success for the team.
  • He chose the number 80 jersey in honor of his mother's birthday and aims to achieve success with the club's fans.

Beşiktaş's young goalkeeper Doğan Alemdar has voiced his enthusiasm following his transfer to the Turkish club. Speaking to reporters before training, Alemdar shared his excitement and commitment to performing his best for the team.

I am very excited. You can feel it. I will do my best on the field for the Beşiktaş jersey. I will help my teammates. I am proud and happy to be here. Hopefully, the end of the story will be good.

— Doğan AlemdarDoğan Alemdar expressed his feelings about joining Beşiktaş.

"I am very excited. You can feel it," Alemdar said. "I will do my best on the field for the Beşiktaş jersey. I will help my teammates. I am proud and happy to be here. Hopefully, the end of the story will be good."

Nübel is a very important name. He played football in Germany, he came here. I am competing here as a Turkish-born player, we came to Beşiktaş. We both arrived at the same time. I think it will be very good for both sides because there is competition. This competition has always brought success. Hopefully, I believe a very good competitive environment will be created for the success of our Beşiktaş.

— Doğan AlemdarDoğan Alemdar discussed the competition with new teammate Alexander Nübel.

A significant point of discussion was the competition with German goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, also a new signing for Beşiktaş. Alemdar views this rivalry positively, stating, "Nübel is a very important name. He played football in Germany, he came here. I am competing here as a Turkish-born player, we came to Beşiktaş. We both arrived at the same time. I think it will be very good for both sides because there is competition. This competition has always brought success. Hopefully, I believe a very good competitive environment will be created for the success of our Beşiktaş."

It has special meaning for me. It is my mother's birthday. I took that jersey number at Başakşehir. I took that jersey number in the previous season at Rennes, but I couldn't stay. My family, my mother are very valuable to me. It is an important number for me.

— Doğan AlemdarDoğan Alemdar explained his choice of the number 80 jersey.

Alemdar also explained his choice of the number 80 jersey, revealing it holds personal significance as it is his mother's birthday. He previously wore the number at Başakşehir and Rennes. He concluded by expressing his admiration for Beşiktaş fans and his desire to achieve success with them.

Like my other teammates, Olaitan also messaged me. When he first heard the news, he was probably very happy too. He talked a bit about the environment here. I already know it's a big community. He talked about that too. We had a good friendship in the past. Hopefully, we will achieve great success together.

— Doğan AlemdarDoğan Alemdar spoke about his former teammate Junior Olaitan's reaction to his transfer.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.