The Basaksehir Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Volkan Babacan has been here 11 seasons
321 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Market3 Aug 2026
Basaksehir turn down Ankaragucu for Berat Özdemir
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jerome Opoku stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jerome Opoku and Basaksehir agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Basaksehir
Muhammed Şengezer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ousseynou Ba falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Jerome Opoku's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- The dugout Muhammed Şengezer asks for a word with the manager
- Market Onur Ergün is free to find somewhere else
- Market The Muhammed Şengezer story refuses to die