The Trabzonspor Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Trabzonspor say no — this time
The offer from Galatasaray for Batista Mendy 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Fabinho wants more than Trabzonspor are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market10 Aug 2026
Burak Karaman steps up from the Trabzonspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Burak Karaman 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kenan Unai steps up from the Trabzonspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kenan Unai 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Arsenii Batahov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Trabzonspor
Noah Saviolo 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
12 new faces, and Trabzonspor are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Franculino 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 Trabzonspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
André Onana still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Trabzonspor would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- Squad Mohamed Salah walks taller at Trabzonspor
- Looking ahead A reunion for Mustafa Eskihellaç
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Trabzonspor