SERGEN YALÇIN STRIKES THE SCALPEL: THOSE NAMES ARE OUT
The omission of key players such as Kerem Aktürkoğlu, İrfan Can Kahveci, Mert Müldür, Altay Bayındır, and Samet Akaydin from the new national team squad announced live by Head Coach Sergen Yalçın created a shockwave. Kenan Yıldız, whose treatment continues at Juventus, was necessarily left out due to injury.
According to Marca, Manchester City started talks with the Spanish club for the transfer of Atletico Madrid's Argentine forward Julian Alvarez; the transfer fee is expected to be at least €150 million.
PSG, which lost the French Super Cup to Lens, also left the pitch with 2-2 draws against Rennes and Lille in Ligue 1, made a bad start to the season and could only collect 2 points in 3 matches; the course at Luis Enrique's team creates serious question marks.
Jurgen Klopp, who was brought to the head of the Germany National Team after Nagelsmann's resignation, spoke about Florian Wirtz and gave messages to both Liverpool and the young star.
According to CNN Brasil, Neymar, who caught the flu, did not attend Santos's last training session and it remains uncertain whether the Brazilian star will take the field in the Corinthians match.
According to Fabrizio Romano, the interest for Marcus Rashford, who has been Fenerbahçe's complete target since the summer transfer window, entered the official dimension after the Champions League was guaranteed; however, the English star does not want to continue his career in Turkey, and Cihan Kamer is seriously spending effort to convince the player.
After Manchester City's 4-1 victory at Crystal Palace, Erling Haaland and head coach Enzo Maresca made statements; Haaland said "We started well, we were going through difficult periods and now something new is being built. We trust Enzo Maresca and what he wants to do" while Maresca said "I am satisfied with the result but we could have scored more goals."
According to Sebastien Denis, Victor Osimhen, whom Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham seriously showed interest in during the summer, decided to stay at the club due to reasons such as his high salary, his commitment to Istanbul, his unwillingness to leave Galatasaray without experiencing 5 consecutive championships and Rafael Leao's agreement with the yellow-and-red side; it was stated that Okan Buruk also had a serious influence on this decision.
PSG caught a 2-2 draw with the goal they found in the 90+5th minute in the match they played against Lille in Ligue 1; goals came from Haraldsson (21' and 84') and Bakwa (for the opposing team) and from Vitinha (90+1) and Marquinhos (90+5), the incident that marked the match was goalkeeper Safonov being injured after colliding with the PSG goalkeeping coach during warm-up but continuing to protect his goal for 90 minutes.