Stipe Ivanovic

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The Besiktas Post

9 Nov 2043
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Nov 2043

Mustafa Hekimoğlu damages knee ligaments — 44 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 44 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad9 Nov 2043

Theo Sander keeps Besiktas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match7 Nov 2043

A European night to remember for Besiktas

2‑2 against Luzern, under lights, against people who do not speak the same language as the crowd. These are the evenings a club measures its decade in, and there are never as many of them as anybody expects.

Player ratings9 Nov 2043

A defender's goal wins it for Besiktas — 7.62

1 for Toni Langsteiner, marked 7.62, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad9 Nov 2043

Theo Sander signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Theo Sander and Besiktas agree another 2 years.

Market9 Nov 2043

Ralph Scholz is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Besiktas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad9 Nov 2043

Simphiwe Selepe 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 Besiktas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match7 Nov 2043

Kasimpasa take the points off Besiktas

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings9 Nov 2043

Ninety minutes of Luc Rey at his very best

Marked 8.28. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Besiktas.

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The Besiktas Post

7 Sep 2043
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 Sep 2043

Mustafa Hekimoğlu damages knee ligaments — 123 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 123 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad7 Sep 2043

David Kalokoh breaks a bone — 70 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 70 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad7 Sep 2043

14 seasons of Theo Sander

413 appearances across 14 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Besiktas know what they have.

Player ratings7 Sep 2043

Toni Langsteiner pops up at the right end — 7.46

7.46, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market7 Sep 2043

Only the photograph left for Cenk Tosun

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Cenk Tosun will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Besiktas the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market7 Sep 2043

The Kasimpasa deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Jasper Samooja reports back to Besiktas with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad7 Sep 2043

Tempers go at Besiktas

Simphiwe Selepe 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.

Match5 Sep 2043

A bad afternoon for Besiktas against Konyaspor

2‑3 to Konyaspor, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom7 Sep 2043

Doors closed at Besiktas

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief