Ousseynou Ba

Central Defender - Basaksehir
3 Sep 2026
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The Basaksehir Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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