The Galatasaray Courier
Squad16 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Rafael Leão out for 62 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Galatasaray will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match14 Aug 2027
No mercy from Galatasaray
Adana Demirspor will want this one forgotten quickly: 8‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Galatasaray were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad16 Aug 2027
4 goals for Barış Alper Yılmaz
The match ball belongs to Barış Alper Yılmaz, whose 4 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Both of them Leroy Sané's — 8.54
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.54, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
A brace, and Alexey Batrakov takes the afternoon — 8.25
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alexey Batrakov provided it, and the 8.25 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
A new deal for Oguzhan Sinik
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Galatasaray
Davinson Sánchez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match14 Aug 2027
Barış Alper Yılmaz among the goals in a wild afternoon
8 goals in one match, Barış Alper Yılmaz on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Galatasaray and Adana Demirspor.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Galatasaray
3 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.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Alexey Batrakov
- Market Galatasaray promote Hakan Aktorkoglu from within
- Market Sinan Demiral steps up from the Galatasaray academy