The Konyaspor Courier
Squad14 May 2029
Halil Celik 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 Konyaspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout14 May 2029
Berkan Kutlu has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Konyaspor will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout14 May 2029
Bartu Göçmen 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 Bartu Göçmen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad14 May 2029
Lefteris Choutesiotis wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Konyaspor have no good answer.
The dugout14 May 2029
The manager makes Ömer Çobanoğlu a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Konyaspor. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout14 May 2029
The manager comes out for Riechedly Bazoer
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Riechedly Bazoer has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Lefteris Choutesiotis finally belongs at Konyaspor
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Konyaspor
- Squad Efe Seçil back in training
- Loan watch Nikola Skrobonja's loan at Adana Demirspor nearly up