Barcelona come to town for matchday two
Galatasaray host Barcelona in the Champions League second matchday (14). You go into it after the 3–1 defeat at Sporting CP, the opening-night loss that left you chasing points in Europe already (14).
Camavinga is back on the table for January
Eduardo Camavinga is the name doing the rounds. Out of Jose Mourinho's plans at Real Madrid, and Galatasaray are being linked with a January move (2) (6) (10) (12). The Turkish site Fanatik reported the interest, and the Spanish and German coverage has picked it up since (2) (10). A summer deal did not happen. Winter is the next window (6).
Koopmeiners and Oulai also on the winter list
Two more midfield names. Teun Koopmeiners is not in Juventus' plans and Galatasaray are considering a January approach (1) (7). Fiorentina's Oulai is being reported as another winter target (16). Nothing signed. Just the list.
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€79m of summer signings, one assist
Six league weeks in, the summer business has not shown up yet. Galatasaray spent €79m on new players and have one assist to show for it from five of them (3) (11). You sit second on 13 points, three goals to the good, and the last league game was the 4–0 loss at Trabzonspor (form: W W L W L).
Sane's seven games without a goal or assist
Leroy Sane has played seven matches this season with zero goals and zero assists (4). He earns €12m a year, and that number is doing the rounds among fans (4).
Buruk on Gundogan: "I want to play him, but"
Okan Buruk has admitted İlkay Gündoğan is not getting enough minutes. "I want to play him, but," was the line, and it has been talked about all week (8).
Singo back by the end of the month
Wilfried Singo is finishing his injury recovery and returns to the squad by the end of the month (9). Your back line gets a body back.
Turkish clubs have paid €222m abroad in five years
Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor have spent €222m on 14 players from abroad over the last five years (5). Fenerbahçe are also in for a 21-year-old, with Galatasaray reported to be chasing the same player (13).
Fan reactions
The subreddit is in a lighter mood than the results suggest. The thread doing the numbers is a "which player do you associate with this country" game, Gala edition, with fans picking their names for each nation. After Trabzonspor and Sporting, a bit of nostalgia is doing the work of an analysis thread. Join the thread
