Öztürk resigns from the board
Metin Öztürk has resigned. Galatasaray's second president stepped down from his board roles and from the boards of the club's affiliated companies (1).
His own account is not a quiet exit. Öztürk says Abdullah Kavukcu grabbed his jacket and physically attacked him at the meeting held on 27 October, and that Eray Yazgan stepped in to stop it, injuring his foot while intervening (1).
You are top of the league with a Champions League night coming on Tuesday, and the second man at the club has just walked.
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Batrakov watched by four clubs on Tuesday
Aleksey Batrakov is the name on every scout's list. Two European giants will be at the Stuttgart match on Tuesday to watch him, and two more clubs are tracking him (4)(5).
Four clubs in total. He is the player the rest of Europe just found out about (5).
What that means for you: every big night he has now is also an audition.
Dilmen could not believe the Konyaspor game
Konyaspor 0–4 Galatasaray on Friday. Rıdvan Dilmen watched it and said: "I have very rarely seen something like this" (3).
The pundit's point was not the scoreline, it was how the team played to get it (3).
Four goals away from home, a clean sheet, and the loudest voice on Turkish television running out of words.
Three Istanbul clubs want Sylla
Massiré Sylla is on Galatasaray's January list. Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe are watching the Union defender too, with a possible bid from Istanbul in the winter window (6).
All three clubs in the same race for the same centre-back.
Next up: Stuttgart, then Amed
Stuttgart at home on Tuesday, 18:45 CET, in the Champions League. That is followed by Amed SFK in the Süper Lig on Saturday at 17:00 CET.
You go in top of the table on 25 points from 10 games, with four wins in your last five (1). The Barcelona night is the only blemish in that run.
Fan reactions
The subreddit has split its mood in two. One thread wants to know how the club found and signed Batrakov in the first place, and why the same scouting has not produced a defensive midfielder to cover for Torrik and Lemina, while another is celebrating October as a run of wins with Fenerbahçe left coachless in sixth. The resignation thread is the angry one, with fans repeating Öztürk's claim that he was physically attacked at the board meeting. Read the Batrakov scouting thread
