Fenerbahce has issued a strong statement in response to allegations of racist remarks made by their first-team manager, Jose Mourinho, following the 0-0 draw against Galatasaray on Monday.
Galatasaray was the first to release a statement, vowing to take legal action against Mourinho for what they believed were offensive comments about Turkish people.
The top team in the Turkish league also stated they would file complaints with UEFA and FIFA.
Fenerbahce, who appointed Mourinho just last summer, have fervently defended the 62-year-old manager.
Their statement read: “A statement made by our Technical Director Jose Mourinho after the match was completely taken out of context and an attempt was made to deliberately distort it.
“As every sensible person can see and understand; these statements used by Jose Mourinho to describe the excessive reaction of the opposing team’s technical staff to the referee decisions during the match can in no way be associated with racism.
“Trying to portray this statement as racist is a completely malicious approach. We would like to inform the public that we will use our legal rights regarding this pathetic slander that was made in order to take the competition off the field, change the agenda and manipulate it.”
