Agdon

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Sivasspor
25 May 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Agdon

43 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mert Çelik: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sivasspor have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Sivasspor

Ianis Hagi 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.

Squad

Agdon 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.

In brief

Back issues
42 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Valon Ethemi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sivasspor have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

David Douděra 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Turaç Böke

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

In brief

  • Squad Agdon asks for a word with the manager
  • Loan watch Decision time nears on Emre Gökay
41 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Sivasspor

David Douděra 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.

Squad

Sivasspor lose Agdon

98 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

No hiding place for Murat Paluli

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

In brief

37 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Rey Manaj is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.36 with 22 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Ianis Hagi 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Sivasspor lose Agdon

130 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Player ratings

One of those days for Ianis Hagi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Daniel Avramovski

Marked 8.73 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Rey Manaj

Marked 8.33 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cihat Çelik

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Honours even between Sivasspor and Giresunspor

3‑3, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Cihat Çelik

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

33 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Ianis Hagi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Uğur Çiftçi keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sivasspor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Agdon out for 160 days

The medical room confirms 160 days on the sidelines for Agdon, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

David Douděra 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Sivasspor come up short against Besiktas

Besiktas left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Valon Ethemi 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.

In brief

15 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

David Douděra 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Agdon 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.

Squad

Atakan Kesgin is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

In brief

12 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Ianis Hagi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gökhan Akkan

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

4 matches without a win for Sivasspor

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Sivasspor are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Sivasspor

David Douděra 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.

Squad

Home is on Agdon's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Sivasspor are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

No hiding place for Aaron Appindangoyé

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

In brief