Arif Kızılyalın, a Galatasaray Kulübü Üyesi, told attendees at a Divan Kurulu meeting that "Uğurcan Çakır kendi başına tarihteki tüm Trabzonspor başkanlarından daha fazla o kulübe milyon euro akıtmıştır. 'Çıkın Akçaabat sahilden 35 milyon tane çakıltaşı toplayın' deseniz toplayamayacaklar," a line that drew strong reactions from Trabzonspor supporters.
Kızılyalın’s remarks did not stop there. As one report reproduced his fuller comment it quoted him saying: "Uğurcan Çakır, kendi başına tarihteki tüm Trabzonspor başkanlarından daha fazla o kulübe milyon euro akıtmıştır. Çıkın Akçaabat sahilden 35 milyon tane çakıltaşı toplayın deseniz, toplayamayacaklar, bizim Uğurcan Çakır kardeşimizin milli maçlar ve kritik maçlar öncesi moralini bozmuştur." The wording — including the image of 35 million pebbles on the Akçaabat shore — transformed what had already been a raw transfer issue into a fresh flashpoint between the clubs’ supporters.
The spat comes amid active transfer and salary talk around Uğurcan Çakır. NTVSpor reported that Galatasaray is preparing a new move for the goalkeeper, and that the club confirmed Inter’s interest. That same reporting said club president Dursun Özbek has decided to raise Uğurcan Çakır’s salary by 100 percent; NTVSpor added that Çakır currently earns 110 million lira a year.
On the field, the goalkeeper has also been in the headlines. Yeniçağ Gazetesi reported that in the Trendyol Süper Lig derby Galatasaray beat Fenerbahçe 3-0, and that Uğurcan Çakır received a yellow card in the 4th minute of the match. Yeniçağ Gazetesi further reported that the booking leaves Çakır suspended for the Samsunspor match next week, meaning he will miss the immediate follow-up fixture amid the off-field controversy.
Reporting that first published Kızılyalın’s comments framed the transfer of Uğurcan Çakır as a painful issue for Trabzonspor; supplementary accounts note Galatasaray signed him from Trabzonspor at the start of the season. That sequence — a summer move described as painful, followed by public barbs at a club forum — helps explain why supporters on the Black Sea club’s side reacted so sharply to remarks made in Istanbul.
The friction between words and actions is the story’s immediate tension. While a Galatasaray club member publicly highlighted the financial benefit Çakır brought his old club and used a provocation about Akçaabat’s pebbles, NTVSpor’s reporting portrays Galatasaray as moving to reward and protect their goalkeeper: from reported interest by Inter to a reported plan to double his salary. The juxtaposition — mocking language in a public forum and reported concrete steps to raise pay and field a player — has hardened the debate.
For Uğurcan Çakır himself the moment is both sporting and personal. He is earning 110 million lira a year, is sidelined for the next league match through suspension, and is the subject of transfer speculation that includes Inter. Supporter anger in Trabzon, a public rebuke by a Galatasaray club member and the club’s own reported maneuvers over salary and outside interest combine to make him the focus of the season’s next moves.
The central unanswered question now is straightforward: will Galatasaray follow the reported decision to double Çakır’s pay and hold him, or will reported interest from Inter and the wider fallout drive a sale? The answer will determine whether this episode becomes a short-lived controversy or a longer rupture between the clubs and their fans.
