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Thank You, Sidiki Cherif

Our Club has reached an agreement with Coventry City regarding the transfer of our professional football player Sidiki Cherif, who joined our squad during the mid-season break last season.

We would like to thank Sidiki Cherif for his dedication and contributions while wearing the famous yellow and navy striped jersey, and we wish him every success in the next chapter of his career.

Good luck, Sidiki Cherif.

Fenerbahçe Sports Club

Our Club has reached an agreement with Norwich City, one of the clubs competing in the English Championship, regarding the one-year loan transfer of our professional football player Anthony Musaba, who joined our squad during the mid-season break last season.

We wish our player a successful season.

Fenerbahçe Sports Club

this team had a huge techinal gap due to brown and kerem playing at the same time also we couldnt pass the ball properly and move on to third zone,levent and nene is better in technique and can close that gap.on the other hand asensio can be a better pass station compared to talisca and that can also increase our pass rate, also he can feed lukaku better,lastly I think we should play lukaku instead of vedat or talisca,Lukaku and Vedat are identical players but Lukaku is better overall, also compared to talisca lukaku doesnt give up easily in duels and try to get fouls like talisca,that means we can have the ball more and attack more.We need to be brave and have the ball otherwise we will get eliminated.

Our Head Coach, İsmail Kartal, spoke to the media following our Champions League play-off first-leg match against Olympique Lyonnais.

Sharing his thoughts on the match, our Head Coach İsmail Kartal said the following:

“We started the match well today. My players fought hard from start to finish, adhering to our tactical discipline. We also created some good chances. My players played today knowing exactly how to approach a Champions League match. The match ended in a draw, but we could have won it! Today, we put in a good performance, competing with excellent tactical discipline, and I congratulate my players for that. Although we were unable to secure a favourable scoreline here for the second leg – the match ended 1–1 – there is only one match left for us to qualify for the Champions League. We want to win that match with a fine performance, qualify for the Champions League and make our fans happy. Our fans supported us magnificently from start to finish today. I’d like to thank them very much from here. God willing, we hope to play good football and put up a strong fight in the second leg to qualify for the Champions League and make our fans happy.”

Our Football Director, Oğuz Çetin, spoke to the press following our 1–1 draw with Olympique Lyonnais.

Assessing the match and expressing his confidence in progressing to the next round, Çetin said, “Once again, the fantastic Fenerbahçe fans packed the stadium and backed the team. That was crucial. It kept the team going. We played our third match in a week. The team gave their all in terms of effort. That is encouraging. The team still has some way to go to be more effective in terms of play. We need to raise our fitness and physical condition to a higher level. We need to be more effective in the final third. In matches like this, we also need to secure the result. Today, we all experienced this together. We were right there with the players on the pitch. We’ll be travelling to Lyon to progress to the next round. Our belief is very high. Our players believe in this. Fenerbahçe will continue on this path, despite all the difficult circumstances.”

When asked about the request to postpone the Konyaspor match to be played on Saturday evening, our Football Director Oğuz Çetin said, “We made a request regarding the Gençlerbirliği match, given the challenging period facing the great Fenerbahçe Sports Club and, in particular, the prospect of qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in 17 years. We did not make this request on a whim. In particular, the fact that the Gençlerbirliği match was scheduled for the 15th of the month following the Sturm Graz match, whilst the Lyon match was on the 18th, meant that the team’s physical recovery, rest, completion of preparations and travel times posed a major handicap for us. We made this request once. The Football Federation rejected our valid reasons. I do not consider it appropriate to make any further requests of the Federation that issued this response. At the same time, I declare, alongside our President, Mr Aziz Yıldırım, that from day one we have made it clear we would not make such requests under any circumstances. We have no such request. With our self-confidence and conviction, we will take to the pitch for the Konya match and win that fixture. Immediately afterwards, we will travel to Lyon and progress to the next round. We are very determined in this regard. We have never had such a request. Following this rejection, it would not be right to make any further requests of that organisation.”

Our Football Director, Oğuz Çetin, had the following to say regarding the transfer of a domestic centre-back should Milan Skriniar and Nathan Aké be considered as options:

“Everything is on the table. We are continuing with all our efforts until the transfer window closes on 2 September. We are working not just on that position – centre-back – but on every position. Wherever we have a need, this work is continuing. We’ll see the results in the coming days.”

Speaking about Marco Asensio’s pre-season preparations and performance, Oğuz Çetin said:

“We’re experiencing some physical difficulties with certain players due to their late start to the pre-season and the fact that they’re gradually building up their fitness. Just as we said when Romelu Lukaku first arrived – ‘He needs a build-up’ – today it’s 15 minutes, then 20 minutes in the next match, then 30 minutes… If we are to help him find his match rhythm by protecting him and improving his fitness, the same applies to Marco Asensio at an earlier stage. As you know, he was unable to play football for a long time last year following his injury. He went on holiday and rejoined the squad afterwards. Since rejoining the squad, he has been going through the process of getting himself physically ready again. As you may recall, I said on television, ‘I’ll say Marco, and nothing else.’ But he too needs to go through this process step by step and reach the desired level of fitness. That is why Marco Asensio is our most valuable player. He, too, needs time. Our loyal supporters should know that Marco Asensio is a player we cannot do without, just as he is a player our manager, İsmail Kartal, cannot do without. However, every player needs time. Marco still needs time to reach his desired form. You saw Nene today; he’s started to make a step-by-step return following his operation. Even though he wasn’t 100 per cent ready today, he took his place in the team. He played his first match as he works to regain his match rhythm. He, too, will progress step by step. These are challenging weeks for the players. We will go through these difficult phases until the players are 100 per cent fit. Asensio is a very important player for us. He, too, needs time to improve his form. He is doing so step by step.”

Sorry these two comments were just way too funny 😂

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