Football Season Guide

To finish the season in the 4th place and to be knocked out from the cup’s semifinals were last season’s big disappointments for the Black Eagles but they wrote history by completing a Champions League group as leaders. It was the first time for a Turkish club. After the last season came to an end, the board knew that they were not going to get a big amount of financial sources from UEFA. That is why they had to do something in order to cope with financial fair-play’s liabilities. At this point, they were aware of the attention of European clubs on some players. Cenk Tosun and Dusko Tosic’s departures brought them important fees. They decided to sell imore mportant protagonists of the team. Keeper Fabri followed suit and it seems like it may continue with Quaresma and Vida, who impressed during the 2018 World Cup. It is no doubt that Anderson Talisca was the most important performer of their offensive power during the last season. After his loan period came to an end, they were unable to sign him on a permanent move because of the financial plans. His place was not filled yet. If they cannot replace him somehow, they may face goal scoring and creating problems in the current season. Oguzhan Ozyakup did not do well last season. So his performance is a big question mark to replace him. If Vida is sold too, there are only Pepe, Medel and young Fatih Aksoy at center back. Coach Senol Gunes is also aware of that, he cannot trust only Tolga Zengin during all season. So he needs to fill Fabri’s position too. Atiba Hutchinson also left the team after he could not come to an agreement with the board. The young Dorukhan Tokoz arrived with teenager attacker Guven Yalcin. He is not ready yet to fill the Canadian man’s place. It seems like Tolgay Arslan and Necip Uysal will have to work harder and harder this season. If Negredo leaves the team, another striker should come in too, because Larin and Love were not good enough last season.