Summer 2019 Transfer Window
Despite the lack of initial funds it was quite a busy transfer window for us as we had to recover from the losses of some huge players as we aim to retain the title we won last season.
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We start the window with news that we earned £424k for playing Turkish players in the league and a further £58k for our players playing for the Turkish national team. As we only spent £476k to register foreign players last season we make £6k out of the foreign player registration money. For anyone who hasn't played in Turkey you have to pay an amount that increases per foreign player you register and is double for goalies, up to 14 players, and then the money from all the teams is put together and divided with the minutes that Turkish players played in the league and for the national team being used to calculate what percentage of the total pot a team gets back.
Outgoing Players
View attachment 28385We rake in a club record £19 million as a number of players move on. Papy Djilobodji wanted a new long term deal with a big raise and given his age I wasn't willing to give him it so he left for Levante. Samir Nasri didn't play well so he left for Frosinone and Tolga also wanted to leave so will join him in Italy at Sassuolo. Nabil Dirar and Isla who were both unhappy and out on loan last season leave for Kobenhavn and Parma respectively. Salih Ucan returned from a loan agreed before I got there and there was no space for him so he moved to France. Elmas, Kadioglu, Augusto, Cetin, Conca, Frey and Ozsoy are players who could definitely play a role next season but will be out on loan for the current season.
Incoming Transfers
The sales gave me a lot of money and with some big players to replace I spent all I could to make the squad as good as possible.
Sebastian Perez
View attachment 28383Sebastian Perez joins us on a free as his contract with Boca Juniors was allowed to expire. With Topal getting older and Jailson getting constantly into card trouble in the deeper role Perez will come in and hopefully defend well and also add a playmaking part to the defensive midfield role that we didn't have last season.
Dedryck Boyata
View attachment 28381He was signed on a free after his Celtic contract expired to replace Djilobodji however, in the time between him signing and joining us he picked up a rather nasty injury that will see him miss the start of the season unfortunately. When he's fit he should have a very good few seasons for us as a solid centre back.
Antonio Sanabria
View attachment 28379The Paraguayan joins us for £2.3 million after he was transfer listed by Real Betis. A good striker who will come in to replace Benzia who was the third player who left us after his loan ended. He will be playing in the advanced forward role with Tetteh taking over from Slimani as a target man.
Koray Gunter
View attachment 28376We did have a lack of depth at centre back so I spent 675k to bring Koray Gunter back to Istanbul after a season at Genoa. With the foreign player limit its best to make depth players Turkish and buying them from inside Turkey can get expensive as they are valuable so getting them from abroad is a better plan.
Dani Olmo
View attachment 28375The replacement for Ayew is Dani Olmo who we sign for just £2.7 million from Dinamo. A talented inside forward Olmo has big shoes to fill as Ayew was immense from the left wing. He should be able to take on his man and beat him with his stats and he should have a decent final product for us.
Alejandro Chumacero
View attachment 28374The small Bolivian winger joins from just £1.9 million from Mexican side Puebla to compete for a spot on our right wing. A really solid technical player with solid physicals and mentals as well he should be able to create some havoc with balls into the box, especially with 6'4 Tetteh to aim for in the box and his 17 jumping reach.
Enes Unal
View attachment 28373A really good Turkish player in a position where we need another player for depth available on loan for just £9k a week. Sounds perfect as we get Enes Unal in on loan from Villarreal, he is also home grown Turkish player for the CL which is something we needed to get. Solid back up for Sanabria and if he does well then I'd consider making the move permanent.
Mert Mulder
View attachment 28371Mulder was our big signing as we spent £4 million to sign him and he choose to join us over a couple of Premier League teams. Our scouts were bigger fans of him than our coaches our so hopefully the scouts are proven right. He's solid at the big 3 stats for a CB and with him declaring for Turkey he will be homegrown in the league but not the CL. At 20 he still has time on his side to develop.
Jovan Markovic
View attachment 28370A cheap deal as we get him for just £400k to U Craiova as my scouts we right about this young talent. The Romanian signed a cheap deal and we moved him Genclerbigli on loan for a season where hopefully he can play well in the second tier.
Abdulkerim Cakar
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Taking a punt on Turkish youngsters will be a theme and as Germany has better youth facilities than Turkey a lot of them will come from Germany. We spend 400k to bring him in from Frankfurt and hopefully he can develop into a first team option for us and he has some decent stats for an 18 year old.
Yucel Korkmaz
View attachment 28367Another punt on a Turkish youngster as Korkmaz joins us for £160k from Istanbulspor where he has already made his professional debut. A decent looking prospect at right back he will hopefully be a part of the team for years to come.
Yann-Aurel Bisseck
View attachment 28364For some reason Koln seemed desperate to get rid of the German U-21 player however, I didn't have much money available now. A deal was still reach as only 250k was spent up front on Bisseck. 3 million more is guaranteed over the next three seasons and 3 million more is potentially going to Koln if he meets certain requirements. A really good deal for us I.M.O.
Javier Hernandez
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Our final signing is Chicharito on loan from West Ham, and we only have to pay a small amount of his wages to get him in on loan. A lethal finisher in the box I think he will good a impact sub if we need a goal and think he would be lethal from any knock downs Tetteh made in the box.
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We spend all the money I could as we look to retool our side from some major losses.
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Topal takes a pay cut to get a one year extension with us and the money saves goes to give Tetteh a new deal and keep him around for four more years.