The Rizespor Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Besiktas come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Rizespor did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Orkun Kökçü
Rizespor asked and Besiktas said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Rizespor go back to the board over Hüseyin Türkmen
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $364.2K — a club that wants Hüseyin Türkmen enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Qazim Laci signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Qazim Laci commits to Rizespor for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $330.0K for Hüseyin Türkmen
Rizespor have gone to Antalyaspor with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Rizespor
Qazim Laci and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Irfan Ozan steps up from the Rizespor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Irfan Ozan 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
Rizespor promote Kenan Tekdemir from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenan Tekdemir 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
Rizespor promote Okay Tasci from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Okay Tasci 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.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Rizespor
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Muhamed Buljubašić
- The dugout Qazim Laci knocks on the manager's door