The Gaziantep Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alexandru Maxim signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexandru Maxim and Gaziantep agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Gaziantep
Sontje Hansen 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Gaziantep training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Drissa Camara is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Gaziantep rebuffed over Gökdeniz Bayrakdar
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bodrum FK have kept their man, and Gaziantep go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Gaziantep and Alexandru Maxim
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Gaziantep, another week without a signature from Alexandru Maxim.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Luis Pérez's contract
36 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
- Squad 7 new faces, and Gaziantep are still learning each other
- The dugout Drissa Camara knocks on the manager's door