The Vanspor Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Vanspor say no — this time
The offer from Gaziantep for Oğulcan Çağlayan 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Ruslan Sadygov
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Vanspor have done the hard part with Khazar, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jack Robinson 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 Vanspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Erkan Ozcan joins the Vanspor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Erkan Ozcan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alper Kahveci steps up from the Vanspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alper Kahveci 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
Can Sinik steps up from the Vanspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Can Sinik 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Vanspor ask about Kammonke Willie
A loan enquiry to Ikorodu City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Vanspor
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erdi Dikmen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ahmet Koşar is a square peg at Vanspor
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad Jack Robinson remains an outsider
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Vanspor
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Santeri Hostikka