
His name has become an "apple of trouble".
A fierce conflict has erupted in Turkey after the accusations of the president of Gallatasaraj, Metin Üzturk, that Rey Manaj deliberately injured his team's player, Barish Alpej Jilmaz, that he deliberately played too hard in last weekend's match in the Super League, while also declaring that the Albanian striker pretended to be injured in order not to play earlier against Fenerbahçe.
These attacks were answered by the number two of the other club from Istanbul, vice. President Axhun Ilixali.
Speaking in front of the cameras, Ilixhali reminded Gallatasaraj that Manaj is not being used by Fenerbahçe, and that the red and black star took years out of the title race after the 2-2 draw at Sivaspor.
It was the Albanian who won the penalty in the last minute, when the score was 2-1 for the friends, and scored a goal from the 11-meter spot, taking two points away from the giants from Istanbul.
In the end, Gallatasaraji was declared champion with 102 points against Fenerbahce's 99.
Meanwhile, it seems that Manaj will not be punished by the Disciplinary Commission in the Turkish Football Federation, as his name is not included in the documentation of the Sivaspor-Gallatasaraj match.
Only judge Turgut Doman is mentioned there.
Controversies continue even after the audio of the conversation between VAR and the referee was made public, where Doman judges that Manaj's intervention was a game foul and that he would only give him a yellow card.
The sports daily "Fanatik" writes that it was the striker of the Albanian national team who published the VAR audio to defend himself from the accusations that were being made against him these days.
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