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Virgil van Dijk sends clear message on Mohamed Salah’s future Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has made it unmistakably clear where he stands on Mohamed Salah’s future at the club, praising the Egyptian star after his standout display in the FA Cup win over Brighton and insisting he wants him to stay at Anfield. Speaking…

Global trends at local speed: why Turkey is changing its football Turkish football is no longer just about noise in the stands and chaos on the pitch. Over the last five‑seven years, global tactical trends have started to seriously reshape both the Süper Lig and TFF 1. Lig. Coaches coming from Europe and South America,…

Why the Turkish national team suddenly feels…different If you’ve watched Turkey over the last decade, you’ve probably had this feeling: *same shirt, totally different team.* Euro 2016 Turkey, Euro 2020 Turkey and Euro 2024 Turkey almost look like three different footballing cultures. That’s not random. It’s a story of tactical evolution – step by step,…

Salah alarm at Liverpool as Saudi interest heats up again As Liverpool move into the final stretch of the season, one issue overshadows all others at Anfield: what happens next with Mohamed Salah? Behind the scenes, club officials are increasingly aware that the summer transfer window could bring a decisive moment in the Egyptian star’s…

“12 matches ahead of us, we’re looking forward” – Saran focuses on the future after Trabzon win Fenerbahçe president Sadettin Saran underlined that the club is fully focused on the remainder of the season, stressing that they have “12 matches, 12 finals” left in the league after the dramatic away victory against Trabzonspor. The yellow‑navy…

From dusty pitches to floodlights: the modern Turkish pathway For a 13‑ or 14‑year‑old in Turkey, the dream of walking out in the Super Lig feels huge but strangely close: the stadiums are nearby, many players come from the same streets, the games are on every TV. Yet the road from U14 to professional football…

Is There Really a “Turkish Style” – Or Just a Myth? When you zoom in on Turkey’s tactical identity, the first surprise is how hard it is to reduce it to a neat label like “catenaccio” or “tiki-taka”. Historically, Turkish teams have mixed emotional, high-tempo football with quite pragmatic structures, but the blend shifts dramatically…

Why scouting in Turkey is a world of its own If you think scouting in Turkey is just a guy with a notebook at a dusty pitch, you’re a bit late to the party. Big clubs like Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor давно превратили поиск талантов в сложную систему: от аналитики данных до работы с…

Setting the scene: why politics and football mix in Turkey Talk to any Turkish fan and you realise pretty fast: football here is never just 22 people and a ball. Stadiums work like open-air parliaments, where class, religion, nationalism and city pride all shout at once. From the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the…

“Fans and We Will Never Forget This”: Cedi Osman Slams Wade Baldwin After Dramatic Finish Fenerbahçe Beko’s EuroLeague clash with Panathinaikos Aktor ended in high drama and even higher tension, both on and off the court. In a fiercely contested game in Athens, Fenerbahçe edged out Panathinaikos 85–83 thanks to a last-second basket from Wade…