Efe Korkut

Defensive Midfielder - Bilbao Athletic
20 Aug 2026
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Marked for Efe Korkut

3 Edition

The Bilbao Athletic Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Not going: Nico Serrano stays at Bilbao Athletic

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Real Murcia had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Bilbao Athletic training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Efe Korkut is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Bilbao Athletic

Xabi Irurita 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.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Bilbao Athletic Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Selton agrees terms with Zaragoza

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Bilbao Athletic people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Efe Korkut signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Efe Korkut commits to Bilbao Athletic for another 4 years.

Market10 Aug 2026

Real Murcia join the queue for Nico Serrano

Add another name to the list: Real Murcia have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Nico Serrano. The answer from Bilbao Athletic has not changed — yet.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Bilbao Athletic

Xabi Irurita and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Efe Korkut 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 Efe Korkut trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Nico Serrano

“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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Bilbao Athletic Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Efe Korkut 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Selton attracts admirers

The name of Selton has come up in conversations Bilbao Athletic were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Xabi Irurita signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Xabi Irurita and Bilbao Athletic agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Bilbao Athletic

Xabi Irurita 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.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Efe Korkut asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Efe Korkut has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Bilbao Athletic that is a harder question to answer.

In brief