Mimovic is leaving without ever playing a game
Ognjen Mimovic is on his way out of Fenerbahçe. He has not played a single competitive match for you, and Kocaelispor are pushing to take him on loan (1) (2) (3) (12).
The report is blunt about the timing: he only made the matchday squad for the first time against Roma (1). You paid €6.7m for him two seasons ago (2). That is the fee. Nothing else came with it.
One outlet says he will be gone in January (4).
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January targets: Richarlison and a Santos player
Fenerbahçe are already working on a double swoop for January, and Richarlison is one of the names (6). The other is a Santos player (6).
You are the top scorers in the Süper Lig across the first six weeks, and the club is planning reinforcements anyway (6). No fees are out yet. The window is the story.
Kartal told Asensio he is a leader
İsmail Kartal used the international break to settle things with Marco Asensio. His message, exactly: "Sen bu takımın liderlerinden birisin, bizim için çok değerlisin" (7). That means: you are one of the leaders of this team, you are very valuable to us.
So the coach is not just keeping Asensio, he is naming him as one of the men this team runs through (7).
The transfer ban is not lifted yet
Fenerbahçe have made a move to clear the FIFA three-window transfer ban (8) (9). FIFA imposed it over a remaining debt from the Youssef En Nesyri transfer, as the club explained (8).
The payment is the point. Until the ban is gone, no January signing happens (8) (9).
Why Watkins never came
President Aziz Yıldırım has explained the summer chase for Ollie Watkins. It failed twice over: the player did not want Turkey, and Aston Villa would not sell (10).
"The player says, 'I won't come to Turkey', and the club says, 'We won't sell him'. We'll give you whatever you want, but they say the answer is 'no'" (10). He was speaking about the final day of the window, August 30 (10).
Watkins went to Al-Hilal (10). Yıldırım discussed it alongside İsmail Kartal, Cihan Kamer, Oğuz Çetin and Hasan Çetinkaya (10).
Aziz Yıldırım's €3m standoff
There is a €3m payment dispute at the club, and Aziz Yıldırım has taken a hard line on it (13).
Kanté's cost, and the pushback
Aziz Yıldırım spoke at the general assembly about what N'Golo Kanté costs the club. Ertan Torunoğulları did not let it pass (15).
His response: "Sanırım ülkede sadece Kante için vergi uygulaması var!" Which is sarcasm, roughly, that tax apparently only applies to Kanté in this country (15). Torunoğulları worked in the football department under Sadettin Saran (15).
Rizespor away is next
Fenerbahçe keep training under İsmail Kartal for Çaykur Rizespor away, the first match back from the international break (11).
That game is Saturday, October 10, 18:00 CEST (11). You sit sixth on 10 points from six, with a +10 goal difference. The 8–0 over Eyüpspor is doing a lot of work there.
Fan reactions
The general assembly line about Fenerbahçe not having a university, and the club's plans for new projects, got picked up across the city, with Galatasaray fans greeting each other about it. Over in the United counter, a 2004 anniversary post resurfaced the night Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick on his Manchester United debut against Fenerbahçe, a result nobody in yellow and navy wants reminding of. Most of the Fenerbahçe chatter right now is about the president's numbers, not the football.
