What happened in Turkish football today? 30/07/2019

CAS declined Trabzonspor request to open case of 2010-11 season

CAS has declined Trabzonspor request to reopen case regarding of Super League season of 2010-11 season where it claimed that Fenerbahce has won title with match-fixing and has complained towards TFF, UEFA and FIFA.

CAS declined this complaint stating that final decision has been done by all bodies and that there is not enough evidence for match-fixing place at taking place. This decision without doubt means that this has been last legal route which Trabzonspor can take unless it would decide to go International Human Right Court but that would be outside of sportive court cases. It is unlikely that it would take this route as it has would need to give lots of time and cash. CAS decision in sense of complaining towards football bodies means that it would need to accept this outcomes and expect to lose league title this season.

In same time, this decision also means that all bodies expect league title of Fenerbahce and to some extend admit that match-fixing didnt take place.

Mehmet Yiginer has been reelected as Ankaragucu CEO.

Ankaragucu CEO Mehmet Yiginer has been reelected at club's CEO election today as he was run single candidate and has got 498 votes out of 660.

It needs to be reminded that Yiginer did call for other candidates to be announced and asked for team to be done everything for a club which is also as most clubs are at difficult economical condition. But this issue at club without doubt has also made it reluctant of other candidates to call for their own candidacy. Taking account of condition club is right now it would be naturally to see that Mehmet Yiginer has been good to stay as he managed to put team at Super League and has managed this diffciclt period for club economically.

This factors cettainly has keep team at Super League and helped him to stay as CEO at club and move team forward at short period of time.

Rizespor has loaned Fenerbahce player Baris Alici.

Rizespor has announced that it has loaned Fenerbahce player Baris Alici as it was known that team aims to loan following player after selling its key player Vedat Muriqi also to Fenerbahce.

With taking account of high potentiality of Baris Alici but also low chances of recieving high amount of playing time at the team during next season it was quite naturally for Rizespor to loan him as it would be good chance for player to develop and play at team which does have moderate but same time important aims at Super League next season. This transfer would also be good one for Baris Alici as it would allow him to recieve more playing time and give chance to get experience and develop as player, and hence possibly returning to Fenerbahce at much better condition after this loan if team would like to see him back.

Baris Alici move to Rizespor is win-win situation at all parties and would provide lots of assistance into each of the future aims for sure.

Results:
UEFA Champions League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:
Olympiakos 4:0 Viktoria Plzen (agg: 4:0) (Olympiakos has qualified to Champions League 3rd qualifying round and would meet with Basaksehirspor)

In other news:

- Fenerbahce has lost Audi Cup semi-final game against Bayern Munich with 6:1 scoreline.

- Kirklarelispor has transferred Fenerbahce player Caner Koca.

- Rizespor has loaned Fenerbahce player Baris Alici for 1-year.

-  Denizlispor are interested to transfer Palermo player Radoslaw Murawski.

- Basaksehirspor has signed Miguel Silva for 3-years.

- Ankaragucu head coach Mustafa Kaplan has stated that club are having negotiations with 3-4 players.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Sevilla player Ibrahim Amadou.

- Fenerbahce player Hasan Ali Kaldirim has become injured during Audi Cup game against Bayern Munich.

- Galatasaray are close to sign 3-year contract with Monaco player Radamel Falcao

- Rizespor are interested to transfer Liverpool player Divock Origi

- Fenerbahce considers to sell its player Miha Zajc during summer transfer window.

- Kayserispor are not interested to transfer Galatasaray player Omer Bayram.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer PSG player Eric Maxim Choupo Moting.

What happened in Turkish football today? 29/07/2019

Galatasaray has purchased Cristian Luyindama for 3-years.

Galatasaray has announced that it has got transfer deal with Cristian Luyindama who has been loaned at team last season from Standard Liegefor 3-years with 1,500,000 euro yearly salary.

Luyindama it needs to be stated did provide high level performance and did have big role for league title during last season even through occassionally he did recieve some criticism for playing too harsh game and recieving cards easily. Still, it was known that head coach Fatih Terim and team administration has been satisfied with his performance and it was natural for all bodies to make transfer between each other. Luyindama quite naturally would be expected to stay as leading defender at the team for next season also and would be used in effective manner both at the league and also Champions League.

It is good news for Galatasaray to transfer Luyindama and he expects to be clear for team for next 3-years.

Alanyaspor has transferred Juanfran for 2-years.

One of the main completed deal which has been done among Super League clubs has been signing by Alanyaspor of Deportivo La Coruna player Juanfran who is expected to move team one step ahead at its aims for next season.

It needs to be stated that Alanyaspor has had good transfer negotiations with Deportivo La Coruna and didnt have much an issue at making deal with player which most likely Spanish club has been aiming to sell. Even through Juanfran could not be categorised as high level player, he would be capable to push Turkish side into one step ahead as the team and provide team which can even fight for Europa League spots during next season as Alanyaspor are among sides which can have such aims for next season for sure.

Hence, signing Juanfran by Alanyaspor could be seen as good and strong transfer deal and could push team ahead for next season in quality sense.

Kasimpasa has signed Mustafa Pektemek for 2-years.

Another side which has managed to get a good transfer in pretty reasonable condition has been Kasimpasa signing of Besiktas player Mustafa Pektemek for 2-years and player who has shown great performances at Besiktas in the past can aim for similar performance at Kasimpasa once again.

This transfer as some of you might remember has been actively discussed but to make itself once again much more clear that Mustafa Pektemek wasnt mainly aimed to be used for next season in similar way as was during last season as a player his not in similar level as he was behind. But as player, he still does have some potentiality to show great performance despite of age and even through is not in level to be back at top level clubs, he would be very suitable for teams like Kasimpasa who have much more moderate aims for season.

Hence,this move is being very effective for all parties at question and it would be expected for Mustafa Pektemek to show high level performance.

Schedule:
UEFA Champions League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:
21:30 Olympiakos - Viktoria Plzen (agg: 0:0)

In other news:

- Everton has offered its player Cenk Tosun to Crystal Palace in return of Wilfred Zaha.

- Besiktas has drawn pre-season friendly game against Apollon Larissa with 0:0 scoreline.

- Basaksehirspor has transferred Desportivo Aves player Carlos Ponck.

- Besiktas player Enzo Roco has become injured during training session.

- GazisehirGaziantep has made principal transfer deal with Swansea City player Wilfred Bony.

- Denizlispor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Umraniyespor with 2:2 scoreline.

- Trabzonspor has drawn with Hellas Verona with 1:1 scoreline during pre-season friendly game.

- Sivasspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Ajax with 1:1 scoreline.

- Kayserispor has announced that pre-season friendly game against Genoa schedule on 30th July has been cancelled, and instead team made deal to play with Al Wasl.

- Galatasaray will be playing pre-season friendly game against Panathiakos on 3rd August.

- Besiktas player Atiba Hutchinson has become injured during training session.

- Basaksehirspor has made principal deal with Miguel Vieira.

- Trabzonspor has offered 2 million euro to Daniel Sturridge but player has requested for 3 million euro+bonuses.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Lille player Thiago Maia.

- Fenerbahce CEO Ali Koc and sports director Damien Comolli has travelled to France for one-on-one transfer negotiations with Olympique Marseille player Luiz Gustavo.

- Denizlispor has loaned Vitoria Sporte Club player Oscar Estupinan for 1-year and Zakaria Berglich for 1+1 years.

- GazisehirGaziantep has made principal transfer deal with Swansea City player Wilfred Bony.

- RadamelFalcao agent Jorge Mendes has requested 3-years contract with its player and also automatic release clause if Millionares sends transfer offer.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Tigres player Enner Valencia.

- Ankaragucu CEO Mehmet Yiginer has stated that club would make 7-8 transfers this summer.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Sporting Lisbon player Bas Dost.

- Goztepe are interested to transfer Anderlecht player Bubacarr Saneh.

What happened in Turkish football today? 28/07/2019

Rizespor has transferred Nill de Pauw for 2-years

Rizespor has transferred Nill de Pauw for 2-years as it carries on making its squad into more competitive compare to previous season and have all-round great season fighting for top spots at the league.

It also needs to be remembered that team has lost its main player of last season Vedat Muriqi so quite naturally it has speed up its transfer politics after that to make sure that his absence would be minimalised into minumum aftermath. Nill de Pauw has been transferred with high aims and hopes as player with taking account economic conditions of the club and would be hoping that he would show fast adaptation period towards team and would provide high amount of strength and performance motivation to the team for next season. Key role of course would be adaptation to team and league which Rizespor would be hoping be done as soon as possible.

Rizespor did sign pretty unknown player and it would be curious how he would perform at team next season.

Galatasaray aims to sell Mbiaye Diagne with good value.

Galatasaray does carry on aiming to sell its player Mbiaye Diagne and from that amount of cash make transfer of Monaco player Falcao into possibility but its not as simple as that.

During today's statements from Galatasaray administrator Abdurrahim Albayrak has stated that the team main aim is to get worth amount of cash from Diagne and even through it does recieve some offers, if those offers will not be made at satisfactorily point then player would be staying at the team. With Diagne not providing high level performance but thanks mainly to Kasimpasa performance he still managed to become main goalscorer of the league with big difference which has hoped for getting good offers, even through it didnt turn around like that. Diagne is good player in all fairness, but it does look like Galatasaray did overexerated his performance both when he was transferred in mid-season and also when it aims to sell him. Stating that chances for him to leave team during this summer transfer window are pretty high.

At least, Galatasaray aims to sell him this summer but in way which would be suitable into FFP calculations.

Ferdi Kadioglu considers to leave Fenerbahce.

It became clear that Fenerbahce player Ferdi Kadioglu does consider to leave team during this summer transfer window as he didnt recieve any games during pre-season friendlies.

Ferdi Kadioglu has moved to Fenerbahce during last summer transfer window with an aim to raise his potentiality and become regular starting 11 at short notice but he hardly has recieved any playing time last season and Ersun Yanal makes it clear that he doesnt Kadioglu at his plans at least in start of the season, as he recieved very small amount of time during pre-season friendly games. With this taking account and Kadioglu as young player wishing to play does consider to change club and informed that to his agent. Time would show if this crises would be solved at the team or not, but it is internal issue which needs to be sorted out.

Of course, if Ersun Yanal doesnt see Ferdi Kadioglu suitable to play for a team he is right but player like Ferdi Kadioglu needs to get playing time to develop for sure.

In other news:

- Galatasaray has won pre-season friendly game against Bordeaux with 3:1 scoreline

- Antalyaspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Osmanlispor with 1:1 scoreline

- Konyaspor has lost pre-season friendly game against Twente with 1:0 scoreline.

- Denizlispor has transferred Crystal Palace player Bakary Soko for 1+1 years.

- Kayserispor has made transfer deal with Besiktas player Alpay Celebi

- Besiktas player Douglas has attended his 1st training session with his new club.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Arsenal player Danny Welbeck.

- TurkishNationalTeam head coach Senol Guneswould be at stadium to view Fenerbahce performance at Audi Cup, Sivasspor friendly game against Ajax and also viewed Konyaspor game played today against Twente.

- AlAhli has offered 10 million euro for Galatasaray player Younes Belhanda.

- Galatasaray would offer 500,000 euro + Omer Bayram for Bursaspor player Ertugrul Ersoy.

- Fenerbahce has offered 3 million euro to Basaksehirspor player Mehmet Tekdemir.

- Schalke04 player Ozan Kabak is expected to show fast recovery from an injury at short period of time.

- Besiktas head coach Abdullah Avci didnt approve transfer of RB Leipzig player Atinc Nukan.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer AIK Stockholm player Karol Mets.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Paderborn player Jamilu Collins.

What happened in Turkish football today? 27/07/2019

Besiktas has signed Douglas for 3-years.

Besiktas has announced that it has transferred Douglas for 3-years and has made official signing procedure as it has high expectation for the player during upcoming season.

As been mentioned beforehand, Besiktas has only signed 2nd player during this summer transfer window after Tyler Boyd but with this transfer has made its midfielding area much more stronger as player has also shown great performance at Sivasspor during past season and had high statistical information in duration of last season. Even through Douglas didnt recieve also high amount of playing time at Barcelona he was able to develop as player and without doubt has got some valuable knowledge which made him one of the best players both at Sivasspor and whole league during last season. Only aspect which could provide some problems for Douglas is adaptation period to Besiktas but he should be able to go over it in successful manner.

Douglas without doubt has become an important transfer for Besiktas during this summer and should be able to push team forward in this season.

Basaksehirspor has signed Enzo Criselli for 4-years.

Basaksehirspor has also announced publicly and has signed Caen player Enzo Criselli after it has become clear that both sides has made transfer deal on previous deal and has carried on working at team at focussing into potential players.

During this summer transfer window rather than focussing into established old players, Basaksehirspor has started focussing more into younger and potential players as Enzo is being among them. Even through not much known about player, it is clear that team has strong belief into the player as it has signed him for 4 years and would be expecting for him into going on developing into one of the key players. Basaksehirspor does have difficult period of providing another season with an aim to fight for league title and also aiming to get into group stage of Champions League and would be hoping that this transfer will help them.

Stating that it needs to be noted that it needs to do some more transfers and aim for strong players for such high aims.

Kasimpasa has made transfer deal with Mustafa Pektemek.

Kasimpasa has made transfer deal with Besiktas player Mustafa Pektemek as one of the main players at Istanbul giants has lost his effectiveness at key place at the team and Besiktas has been considered to sell him for long time.

It needs to be noted that Mustafa Pektemek as player still can provide some good performance and moving to Kasimpasa could provide to aim to provide similar performance at his high spot performance as he would not have recieve also outside pressure of playing at high teams. It is true that he might not be at level of top player but as player he still can show good performance for some years and Kasimpasa move would be good move both to player and also club as it would be able to push team aims into higher level.

Therefore, this move could be seen as win-win for all parties and help Mustafa Pektemek to show good performance once again.

In other news:

- Besiktas has lost pre-season friendly game against Eibar wit 2:0 scoreline

- Trabzonspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Parma with 2:2 scoreline

- Alanyaspor has transferred Onur Bulut for 3-years.

- Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Mainz player Erkan Eybil.

- Denizlispor player Hugo Rodallega become injured during pre-season friendly game against Eskisehirspor.

- Fenerbahce player Tolga Cigerci has become injured during training session

- Galatasaray doesnt consider to use its player Kostas Mitroglou in upcoming season.

- Alanyaspor CEO Hasan Cavusoglu has stated that club has made transfer deal with Juanfran.

- Basaksehirspor has signed 4-year contract with Caen player Enzo Crivelli.

- Fenerbahce CEO Ali Koc has stated that club aims to transfer 1-2 defenders, 1 midfielder and 1 attacker during summer transfer window.

- Trabzonspor has made deal with Daniel Sturridge for 1.6 million euro salary + 250,000 euro for 20 goals at Super League +100,000 euro for attending for 90 minutes each game at European competitions.

- Juventus player Merih Demiral agent Cenk Melik Yazici: His club doesnt consider to sell or loan him. He would stay at Juventus.

- Kayserispor has offered 3-year extension contract to its player Deniz Turuc.

- GazisehirGaziantep considers to sell its players Mucahit Albayrak, Prince Segfebia, Kerim Avci, Igor and Poepon during summer transfer window.

What happened in Turkish football today? 26/07/2019

Yeni Malatyaspor did leave some positive aspects against Olimpija Ljubjana.

Yeni Malatyaspor has managed to end its 1st European competition game without losing to Olimpija Ljubjana at home ground as it has ended game with 2:2 scoreline and didnt provide great performance.

Even through taking account that it was 1st game for Europa League newcomers, and it has found 2 important goals despite of losing an advantage at the tie it could be stated that team didnt provide performance which was expected from them. With Olimpija Ljubjana, which did come to this stage from 1st qualifying round, has also shown good preparation for game and also has scored goals two pretty simple goals which did come out from mistakes from defenders. Still, Yeni Malatyaspor in all fairness did provide good attacking game during game and has shown some control of the game and did provide some positive view for 2nd leg even through it still would have dificult task in Ljubjana.

What is important for Yeni Malatyaspor is to take positives taking account it was 1st game at Europa League for them and aim to improve on this area and look positively for 2nd leg game.

Rizespor has transferred Dimitrios Chatziaiisais for 3-years.

Rizespor has announced that it has signed PAOK player Dimitrios Chatziaiisais for 3-years and has made an important transfer for a midfielder area.

Taking account of financial conditions at the club and also its aims it could be stated that it did sign an important player which would be able to at least push team at ending season and aim for top half of the table and provide important aspects at the field during games. Rizespor which has shown great performance during 2nd half of the season wants to show similar performance during whole serason and hence it aims to make high quality transfers during this summer period and push team forward. This transfer would play an important role to achieve that for sure.

Stating that, Rizespor would need to carry on making transfers as transfer window progresses if it wants to have effective season.

Basaksehirspor has transferred Doganay Kilic.

Basaksehirspor carries on reducing its average age which has been specifically high during last season as it has signed 23-year old Goztepe player Doganay Kilic.

Being spend at loan during Adana Demirspor, Doganay Kilic should be seen a player who is not at high level of performance but does have potential at the future and with Basaksehirspor usually does provide strong focus into younger players it could push team forward and lead team to have good season next year personally for him and even fight for regular starting 11. It is questionable how much we would see still of Doganay Kilic and is more likely to be transfer for future, and player for sure would need to fight for starting 11 spot as season progresses.

Doganay Kilic despite being 23-year old would be seen as player for future investment and is important step for player to join this team

In other news:

- Denizlispor has won pre-season friendly game against Eskisehirspor with 2:1 scoreline.

- Kasimpasa has won pre-season friendly game against Puskas with 3:2 scoreline.

- Antalyaspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Karagumrukspor with 0:0 scoreline.

- Rizespor has transferred Nill de Pauw for 2-years.

- Rizespor has transferred Erdinc Karakas for 3+1 years.

- Rizespor has transferred PAOK player Dimitrios Chatziisais for 3-years.

- Fenerbahce player Tolgay Arslan will not be able to play for 4-5 weeks due of injury recieved during pre-season friendly game against Hertha Berlin. Also, Serdar Aziz will not be able to play due of injury.
- Trabzonspor has made transfer deal with Daniel Sturridge.

- Douglas has arrived to Istanbul to finalise transfer negotiations with Besiktas.

- Fenerbahce sports director Damien Comolli had one-on-one transfer negotiations with Everton player Morgan Schneiderlin agent.

- Besiktas has made 3-year transfer deal with Douglas for 800,000 euro salary.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Bursaspor player Ertugrul Ersoy.

- Galatasaray player Mbiaye Diagne is reported to also request share from potential part of transfer fee from his sale from club.

- Basaksehirspor has transferred Goztepe player Doganay Kilic.

- Roma player Patrik Schick has declined transfer offer from Trabzonspor

- Galatasaray player Mariano: A team like us would always have an aim for league title. We would be seeking for 3rd title back-to-back.

- Genclerbirligi CEO Murat Cavcav has stated that club didnt recieve any transfer offers for Mert Cetin.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Stoke City player Martins Indi.

-Galatasaray player Mbiaye Diagne agent Claudio Druetta has announced that his player could be leaving club next week.

What happened in Turkish football today? 25/07/2019

Yeni Malatyaspor has shown brave performance against Olimpija Ljubjana despite losing an advantage during tie.

Yeni Malatyaspor had managed to provide pretty strong and confident performance during its 1st European game as it has met with Olimpija Ljubjana during Europa League 2nd qualifying round 1st leg but unfortunately to them it has given away goal advantage to Olimpija as it ended game with 2:2 scoreline.

It needs to be stated that both teams did come out to the game with an aim to win it which has led for brave game from both sides and it needs to be stated that Yeni Malatyaspor has provided very brave game and didnt provide defensive game which was expected from them. Only downside from Yeni Malatyaspor could be given to defensive aspect as it has conceded 2 goals and did allow Slovenian side to create high amount of the chances and hence did provide an advantage to Olimpija and it needs to win game if their opponents score 2 goals during 2nd leg game. Still, this result would provide an important motivational boost for Yeni Malatyaspor for 2nd leg game as it has shown that it can provide strong attacking game and more importantly can create chances and score even if one goal did come from penalty kick.

Olimpija Ljubjana in similar manner as Yeni Malatyaspor did come out to the game with an aim to win and provide an attacking game against Europa League debutants and possibly has provide an experience it has got from previous Europa League qualifiers even through its been limited and has got an advantage at this tie.

Despite of providing an advantage scoreline of tie to opponent, Yeni Malatyaspor has provided strong performance and has got an important confidence from this game and can provide better 2nd leg game in Ljubjana next week.

Besiktas has made transfer deal with Douglas.

Besiktas has made transfer deal with Douglas who has shown a great performance at Sivasspor last season as he was loaned from Barcelona and has marked as one of the leading players both at the team and also whole league.

This meanwhile has only been 2nd transfer for Besiktas during this season as player would be expected to arrive to Istanbul in this week where both sides would be finalising transfer deals. Due of financial issues and also some other matters it was observed that Besiktas doesnt aim to have much transfers as so far this season it has only signed one player. Douglas has shown some strong adaptatition to the Super League at mediocre side and hence has gained lots of interest from Besiktas. Only issue for Besiktas is that playing at Sivasspor and Istanbul giant is only risk team can experience but again he does have Barcelona background even if limited.

Douglas without doubt has joined Besiktas with high expectation and time would show how he would achieve as player at the team next season.

Basaksehirspor has made transfer deal with Enzo Crivelli.

Basaksehirspor meanwhile has made transfer deal with Caen player Enzo Crivelli as it was known that French player wasnt planning to leave team and join European side.

Even through not much information is available about French player, it still could be able to provide some quality which it would be needed both at Super League and also at European front and hence would be seen as player with great potential. Also compare to main transfers from last season, he is not being specifically old player and could be useful to the team in future if he would be able to filfill expectations which team is giving to him with such a transfer. Still, its player which needs to be looked at and could be potential key player.

Basaksehirspor still needs to find some other players if it wants to fight for league title and even reach that goal next season.

Results:
UEFA Europa League, 2nd qualifying round, 1st leg:
Yeni Malatyaspor 2:2 Olimpija Ljubjana
Connahs Quay 0:1 Partizan (winner of this tie would be playing against winner of Yeni Malatyaspor and Olimpija Ljubjana tie at 3rd qualifying round)

In other news:
-  Trabzonspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Hoffenheim with 3:3 scoreline

- Galatasaray has lost pre-season friendly game against Augsburg with 4:0 scoreline.

- Ankaragucu has drawn pre-season friendly game against Altinordu with 2:2 scoreline

- Fenerbahce has lost pre-season friendly game against Hertha Berlin with 2:1 scoreline.

- Alanyaspor has won pre-season friendly game against Gazisehir Gaziantep with 4:0 scoreline.

- Fenerbahce player Tolgay Arslan has become injured during pre-season friendly game against Hertha Berlin.

- Kasimpasa has announced pre-season friendly game at Austrian camp:
- 26/07: Puskas
- 28/07: Al Ittifak
- 31/07: Vardar

- Kayserispor CEO Erol Bedir: I had conversation with Deniz Turuc who told me that he would stay at club unless he gets good offer from top team. Financially selling him to top team would be good, but we might not feel his place. We need to transfer forward player.

- Trabzonspor player Caleb Ekuban has joined club's pre-season training camp

-Besiktas administrator Ali Kavalci: Our coach doesnt consider to sell our player Burak Yilmaz and Dorukhan Tokoz. We had recieved low offers for Dorukhan.

- Fenerbahce has lost pre-season friendly game against Hertha Berlin with 2:1 scoreline.

- Galatasaray CEO Mustafa Cengiz has stated that club does everything to sign Monaco player Falcao.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Palmeiras player Miguel Borja.

- Fenerbahce has made transfer deal with Rennes player Hatem Ben Arfa.

What happened in Turkish football today? 24/07/2019

Yeni Malatyaspor and Olimpija Ljubjana are expected to provide precautious game during Europa League qualifier game.

Yeni Malatyaspor would be openning its 2019-20 season as it would be playing against Olimpija Ljubjana at Europa League 2nd qualifying round 1st leg game at home ground which would be also 1st game in its history at Europe.

It needs to be stated that for both teams it would be tough game as there is not much information available about Olimpija Ljubjana at Turkey and in all fairness information about Yeni Malatyaspor is not much known in Slovenia. Hence, it would be expected that both teams would be providing a careful game, at least during 1st half of the game, and provide precaution to each other possibly studying strengths and weaknesses of each other as game would be progressing. Yeni Malatyaspor does have an advantage of playing at home and hence could be one providing an attacking game but it would be natural to see them defend also as it was main reason their ended 5th spot last season. What is important at this game for Yeni Malatyaspor for sure is to provide confident game and not being scared of their opponents.

This could be an important test for Yeni Malatyaspor without doubt and also provide good vision if team is strong enough to get to the group stage of the Europa League.

Aston Villa has transferred Kasimpasa player Trezeguet 

With future of Kasimpasa player Trezeguet, especially during early days of transfer window has been discussed in very active manner, Aston Villa which was newly promoted to Premier League has signed player at the late hours.

It was obvious that Trezeguet would be changing team during this summer due of good performance both at club and also at African Cup of Nations for Egypt but it was expected that he would stay at Turkey. However,with number of clubs especially from Premier League it was pretty natural for his price to be raised and putting chances for Super League clubs to sign him lower. With Aston Villas signing Trezeguet and also searching as club for good old days it showed at top division, it was important move for Trezeguet and he would be able to show himself fully at moderate team at the best league in the world. Kasimpasa also should be felt proud that it has managed to set its player to one of the known clubs at Europe.

This possibly most important move for Trezeguet during his career and he would be aiming to fulfill it in all fullness during next season.

Gazisehir Gaziantep has transferred Akhisarspor player Gural Vural 

Gazisehir Gaziantep carries on strenghting its squad for upcoming season with an experienced players of Super League as it has managed to transfer right now Gural Vural for 2-years.

As this blog has discussed about Akhisarspor that even through club has been relegated from last place, it still has very good players and one of the leading ones has been Gural Vural without doubt.
With Gazisehir Gaziantep making such a transfer it has made an important move to have good season potentially and being out of relegation zone as Vural does have experience from last season and would be aiming to show better performance during this season. Gazisehir Gaziantep with current squad meanwhile might not be able to aim for top position of the league but it does have capacity to feel safe outside of relegation zone during upcoming season.

Gural Vural has been an important transfer for a team and would be able to provide team an important role for helping team to have good season.

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, 2nd qualifying round, 1st leg:

20:00 Yeni Malatyaspor - Olimpija Ljubjana

20:30 Connahs Quay - Partizan (winner of this tie would be playing with winner of Yeni Malatyaspor - Olimpija Ljubjana at 3rd qualifying round)

In other news:

- Sivasspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Vitesse with 1:1 scoreline.

- UEFA has announced Turkish referees for Europa League 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg games:

- Norrkoping-Liepaja: Huseyin Gocek
- Shakhtor Soligorsk - Esbjerk: Mete Kalkavan
- Flora Talinn- Eintracht Frankfurt: Ali Palabayik

-Denizlispor has transferred Akhisarspor player Zeki Yavru for 1 year.

- ZonguldakKomurspor has transferred Fenerbahce player Omer Muhammet Caki

- Rizespor has transferred Ismael Diomande for 2-years.

- Sivasspor has transferred Konyaspor player Mustapha Yatabare for 2 years.

= Alanyaspor player Lokman Gor will not be able to play for 6 months due of injury recieved during pre-season friendly game against Antalyaspor.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Roma player Patrick Schrick.

- Sevilla are interested to transfer Kayserispor player Emir Demir.

- AjdinHasic has been taken by Besiktas pre-season training camp to Austria with an aim to test player.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Ludogorets player Andrei Kesuru and La Equidad players Carlos Peralta and Simon Terodde.

- Amiens are interested to transfer Besiktas player Isimat Mirin.

- Galatasaray has offered 4-year contract with 1.2 million euro as extension of contract to Christian Luyindama.

- Trabzonspor CEO Ahmet Agaoglu has requested 20 million euro+purchase of 2,650 club shirts from Lille for Yusuf Yazici. In addition, Agaoglu requested 20% share from next transfer.