The Fatih Karagumruk Courier
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ivo Grbić keeps Fatih Karagumruk in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match14 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Fatih Karagumruk
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ivo Grbić 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 Fatih Karagumruk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market16 Aug 2027
As if he never left: Burak Kabak returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Burak Kabak is a Fatih Karagumruk player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market16 Aug 2027
Erdem Turuc comes home
The shirt still fits. Erdem Turuc is back at Fatih Karagumruk, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market16 Aug 2027
As if he never left: Mahmut Karaman returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Mahmut Karaman is a Fatih Karagumruk player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market16 Aug 2027
As if he never left: Fatih Muldur returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Fatih Muldur is a Fatih Karagumruk player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Davide Biraschi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Daniele Verde runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Match Fatih Karagumruk come up short against Besiktas
- Loan watch Bariş Kalaycı counts the days
- Player ratings Off the pace: Ángel Castañares