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The Genclerbirligi Post

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces21 Jun 2027

The mood at Genclerbirligi has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Market21 Jun 2027

Abdurrahim Dursun asks to leave Genclerbirligi

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Fee done, terms next for Onur Öztonga

Genclerbirligi and Kocaelispor have settled on $270.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market21 Jun 2027

Genclerbirligi get their man

The chase for Jetmir Topalli ended with $490.0K changing hands and Bandirmaspor out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Tempers go at Genclerbirligi

Franco Tongya 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.

Squad21 Jun 2027

A move Jetmir Topalli would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jetmir Topalli is living that version at Genclerbirligi, and it tends to show in the first month.

Loan watch21 Jun 2027

Nobody is scoring past Gökhan Akkan at Sivasspor

15 shut-outs in 22 games. A goalkeeper’s loan is judged on the afternoons when nothing happened at all, and Gökhan Akkan has been having a lot of them.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Besiktas tell Genclerbirligi: Taha Altıkardeş 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.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Arda Çağan Çelik signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Arda Çağan Çelik commits to Genclerbirligi for another 3 years.

In brief

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The Genclerbirligi Post

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match24 May 2027

Every point is an argument now for Genclerbirligi

Position 16 and 24 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

The terraces24 May 2027

The mood at Genclerbirligi has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

The dugout24 May 2027

Arda Çağan Çelik says Genclerbirligi went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad24 May 2027

Tempers go at Genclerbirligi

Pedro Pereira 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.

Squad24 May 2027

Franco Tongya falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Loan watch24 May 2027

Gökhan Akkan’s loan is measured in nothing happening

15 clean sheets from 22 appearances at Sivasspor. That is the whole of a goalkeeper’s job done properly, and it is being done a long way from the club that owns him.

Market24 May 2027

Metehan Mimaroğlu is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Genclerbirligi has been clear about where Metehan Mimaroğlu stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout24 May 2027

The manager makes an example of Moussa Kyabou

“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.

Market24 May 2027

The Adama Traoré talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Genclerbirligi know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief