IT has, in relative terms, been a quiet summer in the Turkish transfer market. The country’s major clubs, usually active traders, are less able to flex their wallets due to Financial Fair Play and the Turkish Football Federation’s ruling over holding clubs and their owners accountable for over-spending. At the last count, around € 23 […]
TURKEY’S GALATASARAY have been banned from European competition for a year after consistently breaking the Financial Fair Play code. It is the latest twist in the decline of the Turkish domestic game, which many believe teeters on the brink of disaster. A few years ago, Turkey was being heralded as the next big watering-hole for big-name […]
He’s 36 years old and a battle-hardened striker. Did people really think that Didier Drogba was going to cause Chelsea too much harm in the second leg of the Champions League tie with Galatasaray? Apparently so, but if the game taught anyone anything, it was that the old Ivorian’s legs have gone and the sharpness […]
