Football Season Guide

If Alanya are still part of the Super League, they should be thankful to their late efforts. In the last 11 fixtures, they suffered only two defeats and guaranteed their salvation. The last season was absolutely difficult for them and the fans had to witness many disappointing performances. That is why the board had to make a coach change twice during the season. The last change, coach Mesut Bakkal, was a big saviour. Following his good performance, the board decided to keep on working with him for the new season. Their pre-season camp went very well. Their transfer timing was pretty good. So they could spend a good time with the new arrivals. So the coach is happy with everything so far except the transfer speculation of Emre Akbaba who was the best performer of his team with 14 goals and 11 assists. Since the last season’s last fixture, there were some offers for him. The board want him not to leave before they are paid a certain fee. If he leaves, the plans may change for them, because he meant everything for their offensive plans. During the transfer market, they saw some departures. It is no doubt that the most notable departure was Lamine Gassama who left to join the league rivals Goztepe. In order to fill his role, the board added Baiano from Rayo Vallecano. The Brazilian right-back helped them to promote to La Liga. He is expected to do well. Djalma Campos was signed in from PAOK. It is an advantage to have him, because he has played for Kasimpasa and Konya before. So he knows the league very well. On the opposite flank, they have Junior Fernandes who is expected to miss a few fixtures initially because of injury. Emre Nefiz or the new arrival Kaan Kanak may have to replace him. They have struggled following the departure of Vagner Love. This time, the board got all precautions by signing former Besiktas man Bobo and Emre Gural. Along with Etame, they are not expected to face any scoring problem.