The Trabzonspor Sentinel
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Aral Şimşir runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Trabzonspor say no — this time
The offer from Galatasaray for Ernest Muçi 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Trabzonspor
Ernest Muçi 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Trabzonspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Batista Mendy is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy players handed senior numbers at Trabzonspor
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sidny Lopes Cabral 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Merih Dervisoglu joins the Trabzonspor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Merih Dervisoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match15 Aug 2026
Trabzonspor see off Kasimpasa
Three points for Trabzonspor, 1‑0 the final word against Kasimpasa in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ruslan Malinovskyi stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.60 on the card, and the Trabzonspor support went home talking about one name.
In brief
- Boardroom Trabzonspor turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Ruslan Malinovskyi finally opens his account
- Market Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik goes out on loan