The Galatasaray Courier
Match14 Aug 2027
No mercy from Galatasaray
Kasimpasa will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Galatasaray were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market16 Aug 2027
Galatasaray turn down KAA Gent for Wilfried Singo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Deniz Gül scores twice — 8.73
Two goals and a mark of 8.73 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
A brace, and Abdülkerim Bardakcı takes the afternoon — 8.36
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Abdülkerim Bardakcı provided it, and the 8.36 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Ismail Jakobs: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Galatasaray have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market16 Aug 2027
Galatasaray may not be able to give Lucas Torreira what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Lucas Torreira wants continental football; whether Galatasaray can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Galatasaray
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
The crowd has taken to Deniz Gül
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market16 Aug 2027
Galatasaray promote Sinan Dervisoglu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sinan Dervisoglu has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Salih Soyuncu steps up from the Galatasaray academy
- The dugout Alexey Batrakov gets it from the manager
- Squad Tempers go at Galatasaray