The Sivasspor Herald
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Orkun Kökçü at that price
Sivasspor offered $10.3M; Besiktas said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Marco Kovacevic rejects the move
Sivasspor had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at NK Domzale, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Valon Ethemi was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sivasspor
Mattheus Oliveira 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Sivasspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aly Mallé 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Manchester City tell Sivasspor: Pierce Charles 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Sivasspor see off Istanbulspor
Three points for Sivasspor, 2‑0 the final word against Istanbulspor in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Rey Manaj
Marked 8.28 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
One of those days for Charis Charisis
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Sivasspor and Mattheus Oliveira
- Transfer targets Sivasspor ask about Diogo Ferreira
- Squad 5 new faces, and Sivasspor are still learning each other