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Deniz Gül: I know the atmosphere created by our fans will be incredible. I can’t wait to be with them.

Q: Did you receive an offer from Fenerbahçe during the transfer window?

Deniz Gül: What matters to me is that I’m here right now. I’m here at the moment and I’m very happy to be here.

Deniz Gül: I can’t wait to be with the team and the fans. I’m really, really excited.

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Seeing what happened with Fatih Tekke made me appreciate Okan Buruk even more.

People often say, “Anyone could win with this Galatasaray squad.” But managing a great squad is not the absence of difficulty , it comes with alot of expectations, egos, pressure, criticism and absolutely no room for failure (especially In Turkey, with 0 fanbase patience and planning for future)

Yes, sometimes I get mad at him not giving chance to youngster and subbing players late even so Okan has carried the pressure for years, kept the dressing room together, kept winning, and somehow made success feel normal.

Maybe we will understand his value even better when he is no longer there.

Thank you, Okan Hoca. 💛❤️

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I had Kevin Fernandez on the show today to find out what we’re getting in Deniz Gül. I’m moderately excited.

*Player did not have an accident, there is traffic due to an accident.

Plane will get the player from Hanover and bring him to Istanbul.

Yakup: Player will be in İstanbul around 4 am.

An old post about our possible new transfer

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I feel like Lemina will be our main LCB replacement seeing Bitshiabu's defensive liabilities.

Everyone talks a lot about our full backs lacking teknik kalite and why this matters so much in league games.

I've shared Carra's analysis of how this doesn't actually matter too much if you position your full backs to create chaos in the final third.

Look at how Arteta uses both Calafiori and White to either invert their positions or give more width against Villa.

Boey scored a few goals like this for us last year, against Juventus and Alanya, drifting into the pockets, sometimes inverting.

Arteta made a bold decision while rebuilding: he wants his full backs defensively super strong and expects them not to lose any duels.

Buruk reached exactly the same conclusion after flirting with attacking wing backs like Köhn and Angeliño.

Playing attacking full backs creates defensive weaknesses in UCL games where you don't play on the front foot. But playing defensive full backs obviously also creates a problem in the league, where you need to open up against haramball teams, but I hope this video shows that sometimes you get around it by confusing the opponent and putting more bodies in the final third, without necessarily needing your full backs to be technically gifted, playing one twos with their wingers and whipping in crosses like Caner Erkin.