The Besiktas Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Besiktas say no — this time
The offer from Antalyaspor for Orkun Kökçü was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Anthony Dennis
Besiktas asked and Goztepe said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Orkun Kökçü raises the bar for Besiktas
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Besiktas heard it as anything else.
Market10 Aug 2026
Besiktas get their man
The chase for Florian Loshaj ended with $770.0K changing hands and Igdir FK out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Orkun Kökçü stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Orkun Kökçü and Besiktas agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Florian Loshaj arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Florian Loshaj has, at Besiktas, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Besiktas
Amir Murillo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Hakan Sahin joins the Besiktas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hakan Sahin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Besiktas
9 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout Václav Černý asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Gökhan Sazdağı faces his old club
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Besiktas