Ataman: 'I would love to sign Spanoulis. Our budget will be $12-15M'
The coach of Galatasaray spoke with Eurosport
Ergin Ataman, coach of Galatasaray, spoke with Eurosport Turkey about severl topics. Ataman won the second Turkish TBL in a row and Galatasaray will play in Euroleague next season.
Ataman talked about the summer market of the Turkish champions saying that the dream is Vassilis Spanoulis but he is very expensive.
"The president of Galatasaray asked me how we can win Euroleague: I said with Vassilis Spanoulis. But he is very expensive and targeted by CSKA Moscow and FC Barcelona. We will keep following him" said Ataman. "Zoran Planinic was offered to us but he is too expensive at the moment. If we sign Planinic, Jamont Gordon won't leave the team. We will check other players but Galatasaray may have Arroyo, Gordon, Planinic, Markoishvili and Domercant in the roster next season. About Arroyo, we want to keep him, he wants to stay with us. At the moment there are 50% chances he will stay with Galatasaray" added the coach who spoke also about the budget. "Our budget for this season was 12-15M of USD. We will have the same budget unless we will sign Spanoulis".