The Samsunspor Chronicle
Squad3 Jul 2028
The knee: Semih Under out for 15 days
15 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Samsunspor lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Ezequiel breaks a bone — 30 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market3 Jul 2028
Terms done: Enes Albak is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Alanyaspor waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Samsunspor is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets3 Jul 2028
Samsunspor agree $920.0K for Ege Bilsel
The clubs have shaken hands with Bodrum FK; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market3 Jul 2028
Samsunspor say no — this time
The offer from Kasimpasa for Muhammet Özbaskıcı 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.
Market3 Jul 2028
Ezequiel is a Samsunspor player
The fee is $760.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Istanbulspor drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
Samsunspor go back to the board over Ege Bilsel
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.1M — a club that wants Ege Bilsel enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets3 Jul 2028
Tibet Durakçay due for a Samsunspor medical
Everything agreed with Eyupspor, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Samsunspor
Jayden Oosterwolde 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Samsunspor training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Al-Hilal tell Samsunspor: Yusuf Akçiçek is not for sale
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Chérif N'Diaye