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Coloured report by Milliyet firmly denied by FC Shakthar
Milliyet's report about Elano was firmly denied by his former club. Milliyet has staged a false report about Elano's professional ethics based on the claims made by FC Shakthar Donetsk officials but the report was firmly denied by Elano Blumer's former club. Newspaper's of Dogan Media Group including Milliyet, Hurriyet, Vatan and Fanatik is well known for their hatred against Galatasaray. Here... »
Turkish clubs made record spendings
Despite the global economic crisis Turkish clubs made record transfer spendings in this season. Net amount spent by Fenerbahce is 24 million Euros while Besiktas spent 23 milion Euros and Galatasaray 15 million Euros. The other clubs finished the transfer window with net loss are Trabzonspor (2.5 million Euros, Genclerbirligi 925 K, Kasimpasa 500K, Diyarbakirspor 120K, Eskisehirspor 40K ) While Fenerbahce,... »
The average age of head coaches decreased in this season.
After the departure of Luis Aragones and Karl Heinz Feldkamp several experienced Turkish managers the average age of the head coaches of Turkish clubs decreases in comparasion to recent years. The youngest coach is Bulent Uygun who finished 2nd in last season while the most experienced and oldest coach is Mustafa Denizli who did the double at Besiktas where... »
Desperate official broadcaster tries to underrate Turkish League
The official broadcaster Lig TV's general manager Sansal Büyüka is frequently underrating the quality of the league and insisting that Turkish League's broadcast rights doesn't worth anything in order to lower the demands before the auction. Dogan Media Group already offered twice amount of monet last year but the Turkish Football Federation was unable to comply Dogan Media's request to take... »
Fenerbahce is not interested in Sercan Yildirim.
Fenerbahce club did published another statement that they're not interested in Sercan and all news about this transfer are total rubbish. The club condemned the newspapers Fotomac and Fanatik for insisting that Fenerbahce is interested in Sercan despite the club made a refutation about the news those news papers made. The club demands also an apology for Gokcek Vederson as the... »
Roberto Carlos is returning to Brazil ?
Turkish leading newspaper Hurriyet claimed that Roberto Carlos has requested to leave Fenerbahce and he wants to return Brazil at the end of the season. According to the Hurriyet despite Carlos has one year remaining contract the player wants to end his career in the Brazilian club Santos. Roberto Carlos stated that he has been playing in Europe for 15 years... »
Proposed operation by Galatasaray board
It has been rumoured that Galatasaray board is going to make major revisions for the upcoming season following the bad results and management in this season. Bülent Korkmaz's contract will be terminated. Cassio Lincoln will stay at the club unless the club recieves a tempting offer Arda Turan will be the team captain Ümit Karan, Hasan Şaş and Mehmet Güven will be released Karl Heinz... »
Hot air on transfer rumours continue
The Turkish newspapers and their associated TV channels started to make up unrealistic transfer rumours such as Ryan Babel, Andriy Shevchenko to Galatasaray, Deco and Pepe to Fenerbahçe, Miroslav Klose and Carlos Tevez to Beşiktaş recently. The Fotospor newspaper known for fake transfer news did claimed that Besiktas will sign Miroslav Klose while Dogan Group's newspapers including Milliyet, Fanatik etc. claim... »
Galatasaray board is going to appeal Arda Turan’s ban
Galatasaray board has made a press statement that they're going to appeal the decision of Turkish FA to ban Arda Turan for a further match because of his attempt to enter the dressing room after the match and stated that the ban is unfair. The board members also stated that they won't appeal Adnan Polat's ban and back their chairman Adnan... »
Ajansspor.com visitors decided: Hagi is better than Alex
Visitors of the Turkey's leading sports portal www.ajansspor.com has compared former Galatasaray playmaker Gheorge Hagi with current Fenerbahce playmaker Alex De Souza and the visitors decided that Hagi is clearly better than Alex. The poll consists of 10 questions. Here are the results: Who is taking set pieces better? Hagi 74.2% Alex 25.8% 35002 votes Who is better at finishing and passing? Hagi 69.1% Alex... »