The Alanyaspor Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
13 seasons of Efecan Karaca
530 appearances across 13 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Alanyaspor know what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gaïus Makouta signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gaïus Makouta and Alanyaspor agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Alanyaspor
Gaïus Makouta 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Pavlo Isenko
Alanyaspor asked and Universitatea Craiova said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Gaïus Makouta
Still no offer on the table, and Gaïus Makouta’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Alanyaspor ask about Deniz Dönmezer
A loan enquiry to Kayserispor: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Ruan knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Alanyaspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
Alanyaspor and Paulo Victor 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Buluthan Bulut told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Buluthan Bulut has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Alanyaspor.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Steve Mounié
- Market Yusuf Özdemir linked with a move away