What happened in Turkish football today? 04/10/2024

New foreign players limit focuses into potential stars.

Limitations regarding of foreign players limit for 2025-26 season at Super League has become clear as unlimited factor of foreign players has been focussed into younger players.

With blue card system also being over, unlimited players limit would be related to younger player of younger than 24 and hence would be aiming to promote both younger players and also provide strong financial conditions to the Super League clubs as players would develop. Limit for players older than 24 would be 3 players and also would have requirement of recieving 75% playing time at national team duty. Following guidelines hence would also lead for Turkish clubs to reduce average age of the team and provide dynamics and focus into academy of the sides. Most importantly it would reduce for players who are close to career to be joining actively to Super League clubs.

On paper, it does look to be effective guidelines for foreign players limit but as always it could raise some issues among clubs and make some unhappy.

TFF has appointed Emrah Bayraktar as football development director.

TFF has announced that it has appointed football development director of federation to be Emrah Bayraktar who has been present at previous Besiktas administration team. 

Emrah Bayraktar did fulfill one of the vacant spots which has been left from Cangar Isik after resigning from her post and he Bayraktar who needs to be mentioned did some good job at Besiktas would transform his experience towards Turkish football in general and hence all needed knowledge and experience to succeed at this position.

Development of Turkish football is being area which current TFF does focus on and hence performance of Emrah Bayraktar would be crucial for future of Turkish football without doubt.

Allan Saint-Maximilian has resumed training sessions.

Fenerbahce player Alain Saint-Maximilian has resumed his training session after recovering his injury prior to crucial game against Samsunspor and would provide lots of positive factors in attacking game.

With reports that Fenerbahce would be aiming to provide much more attacking game starting with game against Samsunspor, Jose Mourinho would be gladful that Allan Saint-Maximilian has returned to the team and would provide an important strength at the attacks for team due of nice control of the ball from Maximilian and also tempo which does he provide as he would be expected to start against Samsunspor if his condition would be entirely ready.

Therefore, such development would make both Mourinho and players satisfied and help team to show much more confident attacking game on field.

In other news:

- Fenerbahce has terminated contract with its player Ryan Kent.

- RealMadrid player Arda Guler and Juventus player Kenan Yildiz has been nominated to top 20 nominations of Golden Boy Awards.

- Trabzonspor CEO Ertugrul Dogan has stated that club needs to pay 30 million euro until mid-season break so it wouldnt face transfer ban

- Fiorentina are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Victor Nelssen.

- Fenerbahce player Jayden Oosterwelde has requested salary rise of 1.5 million euro from his club.

- Fenerbahce has offered 2+1 year extension offer to its player Dusan Tadic with 4 million euro salary.

- Milan and Everton are interested to transfer Besiktas player Semih Kilicsoy.