The Antalyaspor Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Antalyaspor turn down Trabzonspor for Lautaro Giannetti
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Antalyaspor make their move for Çağlar Söyüncü
$1.8M on the table at Fenerbahce. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Basaksehir tell Antalyaspor: Muhammed Şengezer is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Newertton will not be coming to Antalyaspor
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Shakhtar is saying, and nobody at Antalyaspor is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kenneth Paal signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kenneth Paal and Antalyaspor agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Selcuk Ozil steps up from the Antalyaspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Selcuk Ozil 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
Antalyaspor promote Emre Ozdemir from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emre Ozdemir 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
One of our own: Ali Calhanoglu joins the Antalyaspor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ali Calhanoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Antalyaspor ask about Oskar Pietuszewski
A loan enquiry to Porto: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- The dugout Kenneth Paal asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Salih Malkoçoğlu is a square peg at Antalyaspor
- Squad A season on the outside for Abdülkadir Ömür