# Arda Güler’s Rise at Real Madrid and Türkiye’s Role in His Global Profile - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120193009354416140 - Source account: [@CBSSportsGolazo](https://x.com/CBSSportsGolazo) - Source language: English - Duration: 3:06 - Published: 2026-11-10 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile) I'm gonna go with a player that I know you know very well, Nico, in Arda Güler. [0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=6) Arda Güler- I'll call him, ring him up. Well, okay, come on down. [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=10) Nico, get him on the bat phone. Get him on Morning Footy. [0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=13) Look, Ar- Arda Güler right now i- is just having the season of his young life. [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=19) And I, I just love that José Mourinho has taken the kid who, when he was at Fenerbahçe, debuted at 16. [0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=26) 16 years old, and that's a common theme that we're seeing with a lot of these wonder kids, right? [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=31) In your Desire Doué. Well, he's one step above that in my opinion, in terms of how young he was, and maybe not in the quality he has right now, but in how young he was when he was at Fener. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=41) And people were calling him the Turkish Messi. [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=44) Left foot, just could see a pass, pick a pass. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=46) Comes to Real Madrid, and I think Carlo Ancelotti was a bit more protective of him. [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=51) And José Mourinho said, "Hey, here's the keys. [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=53) You are one of my untouchables." He's given him the freedom to express himself. [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=57) And Real Madrid, in these last eight matches, the common theme isn't just Jude Bellingham. [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=62) It isn't just Kylian Mbappé. It's the fact that Arda Güler is a glue, Jeff. [1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=67) Every single thing that's happening in a positive light for Real Madrid, it is happening through his left boot. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=72) Now, for him on the international scene, Türkiye is a dumpster fire with the national team. Right. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=77) So I think that might be a bit of limitations between him reaching what a Desire Doué could be. World superstar status. [1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=84) But for the club level, I think he's on the doorstep right now. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=87) Right. But on the international stage, I mean, Turkey did have that run at Euro 2008, at the World Cup in 2022. [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=95) Jeff, do you, you think you need a strong international showing to be the face of world football next, next gen? [1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=101) Well, we were talking about Guevara when we were talking about Ballon d'Or recently. Mm. [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=106) And the only reason he wasn't more in the conversation is because Georgia doesn't have that profile on, in international football. [1:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=112) I think- I would say Turkey has a higher profile in international- Yeah, yeah ... football than Georgia. [1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=115) Yes, but not, uh, it's not- Right ... top level, is it? [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=118) Not creme de la creme. Top, top level. No. [1:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=119) You're not talking, you're unlikely to be talking in major tournaments. [2:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=124) If they got to a semifinal, it'd be- Of Euro ... sensational, wouldn't it? [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=127) I mean, just like in Euro 2008 or- Exactly ... or Turkey in, listen, at the World Cup in 2002, that, they, they got moves. [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=134) Rüştü Reçber- Yeah. It's crazy ... the goalkeeper, got a move to Barcelona because of the World Cup in 2002. [2:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=140) Yeah, I'd like to think, though, that if, if somebody's that good, their profile at their club level could take them into that. [2:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=145) A- a- and he, he, look, at the international level, the other part of this partnership with Türkiye that needs to stay healthy, can you imagine a healthy Kenan Yıldız coming into his own as well? Yeah. [2:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=155) That'll boost his profile and his stocks significantly with the national team. [2:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=159) Yeah. I like the way that he's now been handed a lot of the reins at Real Madrid. Yeah. [2:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=165) A lot of responsibility for a young player- Yeah ... but he had to wait. [2:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=168) Just like Vini Junior at his time. Mm. He had to wait several seasons until he was the man. Yeah. [2:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0gQJdwC2owfj/en/arda-g%C3%BCler-s-rise-at-real-madrid-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-role-in-his-global-profile?t=173) And now Arda Güler is evolving into the man.