The Trabzonspor Sentinel
Squad14 Aug 2028
A one-man rearguard from Onuralp Çevikkan
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Aliou Badji says Trabzonspor went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Václav Černý 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 Trabzonspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market14 Aug 2028
Ali Tekdemir comes home
The shirt still fits. Ali Tekdemir is back at Trabzonspor, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market14 Aug 2028
As if he never left: Caner Torun returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Caner Torun is a Trabzonspor player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market14 Aug 2028
Ibrahim Omur comes home
The shirt still fits. Ibrahim Omur is back at Trabzonspor, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market14 Aug 2028
Ahmet Sinik comes home
The shirt still fits. Ahmet Sinik is back at Trabzonspor, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
One of those days for Kazeem Olaigbe
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.21, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Diego García runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. 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 Trabzonspor find a way past Kasimpasa
- Squad The manager makes an example of Roland Sallai
- Player ratings One of those days for Benjamin Bouchouari