The Vanspor Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $3.9M for Rhaldney
Vanspor have gone to Goztepe with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thalis 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. Thalis has, at Vanspor, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vanspor turn down Goztepe for Naby Oularé
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Vanspor go back to the board over Rhaldney
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $4.3M — a club that wants Rhaldney enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Max due for a Vanspor medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Vanspor
Kenneth Mamah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Vanspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Malcolm Cacutalua 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vanspor promote Selcuk Tasci from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Selcuk Tasci 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Caner Dervisoglu steps up from the Vanspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caner Dervisoglu has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Enes Soyuncu steps up from the Vanspor academy
- Squad Malcolm Cacutalua is a square peg at Vanspor
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Vanspor