The Besiktas Post
Match14 Aug 2027
No mercy from Besiktas
Fatih Karagumruk will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Besiktas were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
A brace, and Leandro Trossard takes the afternoon — 8.26
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Leandro Trossard provided it, and the 8.26 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Deniz Tekdemir signs on for the long haul
Besiktas moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Deniz Tekdemir, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Besiktas
Václav Černý and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Besiktas
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Enis Destan has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Match14 Aug 2027
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Besiktas. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Market16 Aug 2027
Recep Sahin steps up from the Besiktas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Recep Sahin 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Deniz Soyuncu steps up from the Besiktas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Deniz Soyuncu 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Volkan Gunok joins the Besiktas first team
- Market Alper Akgun steps up from the Besiktas academy
- Squad Wilfred Ndidi falls out with a teammate over standards