Latest happenings as the Galatasaray Offside goes on vacation
Is he really leaving or not? That's the question the CimBom fans have when it comes to Servet Cetin. Seemingly concrete reports are coming out now that Galatasaray have accepted a 8.5 million Euro offer from Marseille for arguably the best Turkish central defender, Servet Cetin. Servet's physical strength and height along with his great marking abilities make him one of the stars of this squad. After arriving from Sivasspor for $500,000 two seasons ago, to see a 8 million Euro profit come out of it would be fantastic.
However is this deal right for Galatasaray? It sure is a lot of money but we will need another player to take over Servet's place. I don't like the idea of selling players that we need, unless we can find someone to fill in his place. If Servet leaves, that means we will need to sign TWO central defenders. If we imagine that we buy a Turkish defender from one of the Anatolian teams, that can cost an even million for say Ediz from Ankaraspor. We then have 7 million to use as we like.
There is also the issue of what to do with all the surplus players. Umit Karan, Necati Ates, Mehmet Guven, Volkan Yaman, and Shabani Nonda don't seem to have a place in this team anymore (you could add more). However there wages are pretty sizeable with around 6-7 million dollars a year being spent on these players. Cutting them off will open up that cash that we can use as well. However with few buyers on the market, the board have a serious problem on their hands.
This post will be the last one for a month as I will be heading to Germany until the end of July on a University program in the city of Kassel. I plan to visit other European cities as well during my stay so I will be pretty much always on the move. However I do plan on visting Galatasaray's summer training program in Bochum which runs from July 1-12 and plan to watch at least one of the exhibition matches against Bayer Leverkusen, Al Ahly, and Esperance. Hopefully I can get some great photos of the team and perhaps even snag some autographs.
Until try to catch some CimBom news of other sites or even Galatasaray's official site galatasaray.org which does a pretty good job of keeping fans informed about the what's going on at the club in Turkish, English, and French. Feel free to leave comments below to keep each other informed about CimBom news as well.
Mustafa Sarp officially presented, word on other transfers
Today another Lion was inducted into the ranks as 28 year old Central Midfielder Mustafa Sarp put pen to paper on a 3 year contract with the CimBom. The son of Diyarbakir immigrants to Istanbul, Mustafa Sarp admits to being a CimBomlu as a child. After playing for Ankaraspor, Kayseri Erciyesspor, and Bursaspor, Mustafa will ...
Jun 09, 2009 | Read this article...
Galatasaray goes Oranje
After all the whining and name calling over who will be our next manager, the 46 year old Dutchman Frank Rijkaard put ink to paper on a 2 year deal yesterday to great fanfare by the media and fans. Frank Rijkaard is a man who needs no introduction with a very distinguished footballing career. After ...
Jun 06, 2009 | Read this article...
BREAKING NEWS: FRANK RIJKAARD SIGNS WITH GALATASARAY ON A 2 YEAR DEAL
I'll have a full write-up later tonight but Rijkaard has been officially unveiled as Galatasaray's manager and has arrived in Istanbul as well. As soon as his press conference concludes I'll have it up here as long with my views on the situation. Rejoice CimBomlus! Rejoice!!!
Jun 05, 2009 | Read this article...
The offseason begins with a bang
Now that the season is finally over we can get to the dirty work of discussing what is to happen now. Today Bulent Korkmaz lost his position as manager of Galatasaray after less than half a season in charge. As I've stated before, the only reason why Bulent should be sacked is if we can ...
Jun 03, 2009 | Read this article...
Christoph Daum era in the horizon?
While yet to be officially confirmed by the club, a wide variety of media sources are reporting that Luis Aragonés will be replaced by Christoph Daum, who resigned his post with Bundesliga side Köln. In a prepared statement Mr. Daum noted that he had received a long-term contract offer with a chance for European competition. ...
Jun 02, 2009 | Read this article...
Daniel Güiza finishes year off with style
The curtain set on Fenerbahçe's season with a dramatic last gasp strike by Daniel Güiza providing the needed margin in a 2-1 victory over Trabzonspor. The result bolts down fourth-place in Süper Lig season for Luis Aragonés and provides them a berth in the Europa League.
In what is very likely Mr Aragonés final appearance in-charge ...
May 31, 2009 | Read this article...
Fenerbahçe drive ahead for spot in Europa League
Fenerbahçe continued its race for a Europa League spot with a 4-2 victory over Konyaspor at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. In conjunction with Galatasaray's loss to Beşiktaş, the Yellow Canaries are fourth in the table heading into the Süper Lig final week.
With rumours swirling of his future in Istanbul Daniel Güiza scored twice in the opening ...
May 25, 2009 | Read this article...
Antalyaspor holds Fenerbahçe even
Fenerbahçe's disappointing season continued with a 1-1 draw to relegation concerned Antalyaspor. The result leaves the Yellow Canaries a point above Bursaspor in sixth place and trailing Galatasaray by three points with two remaining match-days.
The match could be referred to as a "strategic affair" if I was inclined to be generous but I am ...
May 18, 2009 | Read this article...
Back to work...
My final papers have been handed in and my brain is filled with knowledge just waiting to put pen on paper for my final exams. Guess that means I can start to slowly resurrect the Galatasaray blog.
One of the biggest developments since I've been gone is the fact that every semi-respectable Spanish footy journal ...
May 15, 2009 | Read this article...
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- Latest happenings as the Galatasaray Offside goes on vacation
Jake: Musab, what are your thoughts on the Gokhan Zan transfer? - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Hans: Other names are: Seedorff (ex Ajax now AC Milan), Babel (ex Ajax now Liverpool) Hettinga (ex Ajax no ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Musab: CimBom91: I think the first line up is a pretty respectable line-up but I wonder if Servet will stay ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Gs-Eray: Well, i believe that galatasaray will do way better than last year, they ended the competition on th ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Hans: Heard that Rijkaard wants Oleguer (of Ajax - but in Spain at the moment) in GS. He played as defende ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
CimBom91: I am very happy that Rijkaard has been chose to take Galatasaray foward. I was also very suprised th ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Alex: The squad needs some new faces, Karan, Hasan, Nonda and maybe a couple of others need to fine a new ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Musab: "success in Europe again" ahh but isn't that what we all want... - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Donmez: yeah i entirely agree about sabri. other than his running he's awful. i also i agree that we're gonn ... [read more] - Galatasaray goes Oranje
Musab: Jake: Logan Bailly would be a great signing, and we jsut migh tget him on the cheap as Gladbach coul ... [read more]
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