Board gets full authority at the general assembly
Fenerbahçe's ordinary financial and administrative general assembly handed the board full authority on every item tied to the planned projects (5) (6). Aziz Yıldırım asked for those powers and got them by majority vote (6).
That vote clears the way for the stadium project to move forward.
A 64,000 seat stadium, and Özbağı pays
Nihat Özbağı put the number on it: the expanded Fenerbahçe Stadı would seat 64,000, making it Turkey's biggest club stadium (7). He also said he will cover the cost himself.
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"Bu projelerin bedellerini Fenerbahçe'ye hiçbir yük getirmeden ben karşılayacağımı belirtmek istiyorum. Fenerbahçemize feda olsun," Özbağı said, meaning he will foot the bill with no burden on the club (7) (9).
Yıldırım extends a deal running to June 2027
Aziz Yıldırım has decided to keep a player whose contract expires in June 2027 (2). The president wants him to stay past that date and the extension is going ahead (2).
FIFA orders Fenerbahçe to pay Sevilla about $2.95m
FIFA has ordered Fenerbahçe to pay Sevilla approximately $2.95m, about £2.2m, over the transfer agreement for Youssef En-Nesyri (4). The dispute goes back to the 2024 deal for the Morocco striker (4).
Ilıcalı's debt to the club, and when it gets paid
Aziz Yıldırım went public on Acun Ilıcalı's debt to Fenerbahçe at the general assembly (8) (10). He laid out what is owed and the timeline for paying it back (8) (10).
Çalhanoğlu link keeps circling back
Hakan Çalhanoğlu is being linked with a move away from Inter, and Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe were both named around him in the summer window (11). He stayed in Serie A then, and the talk has not gone away since (11). Unconfirmed.
What's next
You sit sixth on 10 points after six games, +10 goal difference, form W L D D W. Your team travels to Caykur Rizespor on Saturday, October 10, 18:00 CEST (fixtures).
