Sivasspor

Turkish Super Lig
22 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process
16 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The small margins put Sivasspor out

Out, 0‑0 to Antalyaspor, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

Aaron Appindangoyé breaks a bone — 109 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 109 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Göktuğ Bakırbaş decides it from twelve yards

1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

4 matches without a win for Sivasspor

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Sivasspor are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Mattheus Oliveira 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Daniel Avramovski did the work nobody counts — 6.99

14 combined actions and 6.99. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

Squad

A row about effort at Sivasspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valon Ethemi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Charis Charisis misses from twelve yards

It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Valon Ethemi

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

117 days out for Aaron Appindangoyé after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Sivasspor will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Charis Charisis 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Valon Ethemi 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 dugout

Mehmet Feyzi Yıldırım 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.

The dugout

Lucas Siqueira asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Looking ahead

Atakan Kesgin faces his old club

Fatih Karagumruk next, and one man in the Sivasspor dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout

The manager makes Iacovelli a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Sivasspor. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

The Emre Gökay question follows Sivasspor around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Emre Gökay’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Looking ahead

Sivasspor travel to Fatih Karagumruk

Next up on the road: Fatih Karagumruk, position 9. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.

In brief

14 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Aaron Appindangoyé out for 127 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sivasspor will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Gökhan Akkan stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

Valon Ethemi 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Sivasspor against Besiktas

1‑3 to Besiktas, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Lucas Siqueira 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

Valon Ethemi 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.

Player ratings

Rey Manaj in the eights

A performance of 8.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

Okan Erdoğan is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout

Gokhan Ucar answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

13 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Aaron Appindangoyé out for 134 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sivasspor will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

A row about effort at Sivasspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valon Ethemi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Tempers go at Sivasspor

Lucas Siqueira 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Sivasspor against Galatasaray

0‑1 to Galatasaray, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Lucas Siqueira

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Gokhan Ucar answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout

The form table has caught Iacovelli

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Atakan Kesgin

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Besiktas in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Hüseyin Türkmen

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

12 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Magno Cruz scores twice — 8.80

Two goals and a mark of 8.80 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Valon Ethemi

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Mattheus Oliveira 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

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.

Match

Sivasspor get the job done against Kayserispor

A 2‑0 win over Kayserispor, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

A satisfied Gokhan Ucar

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Gokhan Ucar could afford to be generous.

Looking ahead

The leaders are next for Sivasspor

Galatasaray top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

Squad

Magno Cruz is off the mark for Sivasspor

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

Rey Manaj linked with a move away

The name of Rey Manaj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sivasspor say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

11 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Fatih Tokoz breaks a bone — 14 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 14 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at Sivasspor training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valon Ethemi 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.

Match

Gaziantep take the points off Sivasspor

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Gökhan Akkan

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Sivasspor promote Emre Aktorkoglu from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emre Aktorkoglu has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Sivasspor promote Mehmet Topcu from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mehmet Topcu has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Player ratings

Valon Ethemi was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.06. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout

Gokhan Ucar answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

10 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Sivasspor

Beaten 0‑3 by Basaksehir, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

22 days out for Fatih Tokoz after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Sivasspor will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Sivasspor

Mattheus Oliveira 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.

Squad

Words at Sivasspor training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valon Ethemi 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Mattheus Oliveira

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Sivasspor 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.

Player ratings

Rey Manaj beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 99% of the Sivasspor income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The dugout

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 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Gokhan Ucar to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

9 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Sivasspor

Mattheus Oliveira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Sivasspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aly Mallé was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

One of their own: Emirhan Başyiğit

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match

Sivasspor see off Kasimpasa

Three points for Sivasspor, 1‑0 the final word against Kasimpasa in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Rey Manaj in the eights

A performance of 8.47 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

Gokhan 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.

The dugout

The form table has caught Iacovelli

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout

No hiding place for Göktuğ Bakırbaş

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Göktuğ Bakırbaş, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Lucas Siqueira knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sivasspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

8 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Sivasspor

Charis Charisis 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.

Squad

Valon Ethemi 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.

Match

Sivasspor come up short against Ankaragucu

Ankaragucu left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

Gokhan Ucar faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Gokhan Ucar after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Hüseyin Türkmen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

The form table has caught Lucas Siqueira

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

Market

Rey Manaj linked with a move away

The name of Rey Manaj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sivasspor say nothing, which says plenty.

Looking ahead

Mehmet Feyzi Yıldırım goes back to face Kasimpasa

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Mehmet Feyzi Yıldırım’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Sivasspor needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Player ratings

Aly Mallé was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 10. 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.

In brief

7 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A row about effort at Sivasspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valon Ethemi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Grigory Emelyanov

Sivasspor asked and Astra said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A falling-out at Sivasspor

Lucas Siqueira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Ahmet Muldur steps up from the Sivasspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmet Muldur has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Murat Topcu steps up from the Sivasspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Murat Topcu has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Player ratings

One of those days for Rey Manaj

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Sivasspor rescue it on 92 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 92. Umraniyespor had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

The dugout

No hiding place for Lucas Siqueira

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Siqueira, and the manager let it.

Squad

Sivasspor are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

6 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Rey Manaj scores twice — 9.13

Two goals and a mark of 9.13 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Boardroom

Deadline passes with 20 signed and 0 gone

That is the business done at Sivasspor until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Samet Karakoç rejects the move

Sivasspor had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Antalyaspor, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

A falling-out at Sivasspor

Valon Ethemi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Sivasspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aly Mallé was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Sivasspor rebuffed over Diego Callai

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sporting CP have kept their man, and Sivasspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

Rey Manaj the difference as Sivasspor beat Alanyaspor

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rey Manaj. 2‑0 against Alanyaspor, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Magno Cruz runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Clinton Duodu

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Clinton Duodu has come out of that comparison in the side, and Sivasspor have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout No hiding place for Atakan Kesgin
  • The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Iacovelli
5 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Sivasspor rebuffed over Václav Černý

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Besiktas have kept their man, and Sivasspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Sivasspor get their man

The chase for Hüseyin Türkmen ended with $2.7M changing hands and Antalyaspor out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Market

Özkan Yiğiter asks to leave Sivasspor

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings

Valon Ethemi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A falling-out at Sivasspor

Mattheus Oliveira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Valon Ethemi 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.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Grigory Emelyanov is in the works

Sivasspor have made the call to Astra. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout

No hiding place for Mert Çelik

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mert Çelik, and the manager let it.

Squad

Hüseyin Türkmen is a square peg at Sivasspor

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief

4 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Murat Paluli puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sivasspor, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Sivasspor make their move for Hüseyin Türkmen

$2.7M on the table at Antalyaspor. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Mattheus Oliveira 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 Sivasspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Sivasspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valon Ethemi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Sondre Brunstad Fet

Sivasspor asked and Bodo/Glimt said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match

Fenerbahce take the points off Sivasspor

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Clinton Duodu 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.

The dugout

Gokhan Ucar answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Transfer targets

Sivasspor ask about Francis Nzaba

A loan enquiry to Antalyaspor: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

3 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Transfer targets

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 targets

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 ratings

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 targets

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.

Match

Sivasspor see off Istanbulspor

Three points for Sivasspor, 2‑0 the final word against Istanbulspor in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

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 ratings

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

2 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mattheus Oliveira gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Mattheus Oliveira has just signed for Sivasspor, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Rey Manaj signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rey Manaj commits to Sivasspor for another 4 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Sivasspor

Mattheus Oliveira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Sivasspor training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valon Ethemi 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 targets

Sivasspor rebuffed over Fabio Abiuso

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Carrarese have kept their man, and Sivasspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

Rey Manaj 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.

Market

Ahmet Muldur steps up from the Sivasspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmet Muldur has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Semih Soyuncu steps up from the Sivasspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Semih Soyuncu has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Erdem Ozdemir steps up from the Sivasspor academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erdem Ozdemir has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

1 Edition

The Sivasspor Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Sivasspor rebuffed over Ahmed Kutucu

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Galatasaray have kept their man, and Sivasspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Valon Ethemi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Valon Ethemi and Sivasspor agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Sivasspor

Charis Charisis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Sivasspor training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valon Ethemi 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.

Market

Talks stall between Sivasspor and Murat Paluli

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

49 months and counting on Valon Ethemi

Still no offer on the table, and Valon Ethemi’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Emre Bilgin is in the works

Sivasspor have made the call to Besiktas. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

Sivasspor ask about Pierce Charles

A loan enquiry to Manchester City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Nick Oyekunle is in the works

Sivasspor have made the call to Southampton. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief

  • The dugout Rey Manaj asks for a word with the manager
  • Market Experience through the door at Sivasspor
  • Squad A wage question at Sivasspor