The Alanyaspor Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Efecan Karaca has been here 12 seasons
511 appearances across 12 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
Alanyaspor may not be able to give Ruan what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ruan wants continental football; whether Alanyaspor can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gaïus Makouta signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gaïus Makouta and Alanyaspor agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Alanyaspor
Gaïus Makouta 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
Yusuf Özdemir 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
49 months and counting on Gaïus Makouta
Still no offer on the table, and Gaïus Makouta’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Market Alanyaspor and Paulo Victor are talking past each other
- Market Buluthan Bulut told to find a new club