Mamadou Fall

Right Midfielder - Istanbulspor
18 Aug 2026
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Marked for Mamadou Fall

3 Edition

The Istanbulspor Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Mamadou Fall

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match15 Aug 2026

Nowhere to hide for Istanbulspor

0‑4 against Sivasspor, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Istanbulspor bid $16.6M for Muhammed Şengezer

The offer went to Basaksehir this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market17 Aug 2026

Umraniyespor come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Istanbulspor did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Too dear: Istanbulspor walk away from Adrian Benedyczak

$2.9M was the most the club would pay and Kasimpasa were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Istanbulspor

Mamadou Fall and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Istanbulspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and David Sambissa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Besiktas tell Istanbulspor: Ersin Destanoğlu is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Emrecan Uzunhan

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emrecan Uzunhan, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Istanbulspor Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Mustafa Sol signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mustafa Sol and Istanbulspor agree another 3 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Mamadou Fall in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Istanbulspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Istanbulspor rebuffed over Ümit Akdağ

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Besiktas have kept their man, and Istanbulspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Ufuk Ucar steps up from the Istanbulspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ufuk Ucar has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

Istanbulspor promote Muhammed Ucar from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Muhammed Ucar has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Burak Calhanoglu joins the Istanbulspor first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Burak Calhanoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Fatih Celik steps up from the Istanbulspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fatih Celik has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Mustafa Sol gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Istanbulspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fabio Abiuso was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

1 Edition

The Istanbulspor Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Mamadou Fall stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mamadou Fall and Istanbulspor agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Istanbulspor

Mamadou Fall was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Istanbulspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mario Krstovski was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market3 Aug 2026

49 months and counting on Emrecan Uzunhan

Still no offer on the table, and Emrecan Uzunhan’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Istanbulspor try to borrow Fabio Abiuso

Carrarese have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Matías Córdoba is in the works

Istanbulspor have made the call to Colón. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad3 Aug 2026

5 new faces, and Istanbulspor are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Market3 Aug 2026

Istanbulspor and Duhan Aksu are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Mustafa Sol knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mustafa Sol trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief