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Defensive Midfielder - Gaziantep
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24 Edition

The Gaziantep Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match9 Jan 2027

Chastening afternoon for Gaziantep

A 1‑6 beating by Trabzonspor was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Arda Ünyay is a medical away from Gaziantep

The deal with Galatasaray is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Match9 Jan 2027

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Gaziantep and Trabzonspor in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Fatih Karagumruk tell Gaziantep: Aleksandar Pešić is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad11 Jan 2027

200 appearances for Çağlar Söyüncü

200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

Squad11 Jan 2027

A long afternoon for Zafer Görgen

Beaten 6 times, with 5 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Gaziantep

Bahadır Öztürk 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.

Boardroom11 Jan 2027

Nobody left the Gaziantep dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑6 defeat, delivered by Recep Ucar to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

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11 Edition

The Gaziantep Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Sontje Hansen beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 48. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Alexandru Maxim keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gaziantep may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Drissa Camara 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Gaziantep

Nihad Mujakić and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Recep Ucar was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Gaziantep dressing room was either.

Match10 Oct 2026

Point won or two lost for Gaziantep?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Sivasspor? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Deian Sorescu called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Gaziantep that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Çağlar Söyüncü called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Gaziantep that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

No place in the plan for Nihad Mujakić

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

10 Edition

The Gaziantep Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Sontje Hansen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Luis Pérez 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 Gaziantep this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Alexandru Maxim gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match3 Oct 2026

Mohamed Bayo the difference as Gaziantep beat Umraniyespor

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mohamed Bayo. 1‑0 against Umraniyespor, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Mohamed Bayo takes the honours

Marked 7.95 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Gaziantep had the best player on the pitch.

Squad5 Oct 2026

12 new faces, and Gaziantep are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Recep Ucar: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Burak Bozan 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.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Alexandru Maxim does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief