Football Season Guide

Basaksehir have gotten used to finishing the Super League in the highest places for some time now. Last season, they gave another example of that. Despite the cup disappointment, they managed to gain more experience in the European Cups. It is known that Basaksehir have the oldest squad of the league. Captain Emre Belozoglu, former Arsenal man Emmanuel Adebayor, playmaker Marcio Mossoro, former Besiktas man Gokhan Inler are all over 34. Although most of them have offered some great performances in general during the season, the fans believe that they could not do well in some decisive fixtures. That is why coach Abdullah Avci feels like he has to rejuvenate his team. In order to do that, he started with the captain’s position. He brought Milos Jojic from FC Cologne and Soner Aydogdu from Akhisar in. They are expected to replace the experienced players during the season. At center back, Attamah and Epureanu did a good job. Da Costa and Chedjou supported them when necessary. It is the same story for Caicara and Clichy who did not disappoint the coach as defensive wingers, but the team struggled when they were out, because they do not have good backups. Considering that they are going to compete in three competitions, the coach must find quality replacements. It is no doubt that Arda Turan was the biggest disappointment of the past season. Besides his poor support, he hurt his club a lot following his ban. They will be missing Barcelona loanee for ten fixtures. Everybody wonders how the coach will cope with his psychology. It seems like the team’s offensive power will trust Edin Visca and Emmanuel Adebayor once again. The latter’s role could be filled by Mevlut, Napoleoni and Bajic, but the Bosnian winger has no backup.