Nolan

Brave but correct selection. They're going to be attempting to get at Djenepo. How we do is going to be based on keeping position in their half. Could be a high scoring game.

Erzurumspor (the Büyükşehir Belediye is essentially the Turkish version of "City" after English team names)

Huge Detail here:- Partnership with Sport Republic Realized | Göztepe Sports Club Official Web Site (goztepe.org.tr) The partnership between Göztepe and Sport Republic was announced to the public at a press conference held today at Gürsel Aksel Stadium. An agreement was reached on the transfer of 70% of our club's shares to Sport Republic. Mehmet Sepil, Rasmus Ankersen and Henrik Kraft attended the launch and informed the public about the share transfer of our Club. Opening the press conference, Mehmet Sepil said, "We have been sharing this process with the public for a very long time. As of today, we have signed the partnership between Sport Republic and Göztepe. Sport Republic is now the partner of Göztepe. We're here with Rasmus Ankersen and Henrik Kraft. Rasmus Ankersen will be the new president of our club. Besides being the first foreign investor in Turkey, Rasmus will be the first foreign president. Henrik is the president of both Sport Republic and Southampton club. I would like to summarize this process briefly. Rasmus came to Istanbul in September last year. Then we returned to Izmir together. We showed him the facilities of Göztepe and we talked for a long time. Sport Republic had not yet merged with a club. They were running it as a project together with Henrik. The meeting that started in September was finalized today. Today is a new beginning for Göztepe. Göztepe is already a Club that has proven itself, has many supporters in Turkey and Izmir, and has gained the respect of the masses. Now we aim to take this renewed Göztepe to a different level. We have done good things but we always swam against the wave. Now we will swim together with Sport Republic. We will take the wave behind us and together we will make Göztepe what we miss. By working patiently, we will achieve this by deserving it. There were many investors, but on his second visit Rasmus came with a director from Southampton and went to the area in Torbalı where we were going to build our academy. Rasmus was the only investor to do this and I was very impressed by this. That day, these behaviors gave me the most important sign of what we can do for the future of Göztepe. Of course we are building a new Göztepe. We are creating a new team. From now on, Sport Republic will be in charge of football. As I said before, our president will be Rasmus Ankersen. Even though we have not signed an agreement during the transfer process in the last 2-3 months, we have ensured that Sport Republic will take the transfers and decisions made with a mutual gentleman's agreement. Today, this partnership has become official. I am very happy for myself. I see that I am leaving Göztepe in the hands of people who will manage Göztepe very well, who understand football. Of course, my work here does not end again. I will do everything I can to support them. I will continue without being involved in football, but I will support them in every way. I'm very happy, we have a very good partner. He will make valuable contributions. He will bring Göztepe to the days we want, desire and dream of. For this, we will all support our new partners and Goztepe. We will be patient because the road ahead is open. I sincerely believe this. I welcome Sport Republic." Henrik Kraft, president of Sport Republic and Southampton club, said: "Thank you for the kind words. Good day to everyone. It's a pleasure to see you all here. We have been here a couple of times for this project and we have been very well received, so thank you very much for that. Rasmus and I are very excited to invest in Göztepe and to come to Izmir. We had a very long and difficult investment project. So we spent a long time in the city. Rasmus will talk about the details, the football part. Let me tell you about Sport Republic. I come more from the investment and finance side, and for the last 20 years I have been investing in technology, media and communications. Rasmus and I met five years ago and became friends. We made investments in sports together. Most of them focused on soccer. Rasmus' enthusiasm for the football world rubbed off on me. So 1 year ago, he came up with the idea of establishing Sport Republic and we started together. We have established a unique and innovative investment company. For me, Rasmus is one of the most successful and innovative sports directors. When he asked me to join this project, I thought I couldn't have a better partner than him. We have a third partner in our project. Dragan Left-handed. He couldn't come here, but I hope he will come and you will meet Dragan too. Dragan is a very successful entrepreneur. I've known him for more than 10 years. When Rasmus and I started Sport Republic, we needed another investor and we went to Dragan and he became an investor in our project. At Sport Republic, our aim is to develop football clubs and create synergies. We strive for each club to be part of a bigger group. We try to use data application and data utilization methods. We are trying to create better experiences for fans by incorporating technology. You will see these in Göztepe in the coming years. We will also make developments in these areas. We strive for clubs to benefit from each other. From the academy to the top league, we provide the appropriate environment and platforms for footballers to play in the best way possible. From our point of view, we are very happy to invest in Göztepe in the most appropriate way for our club model. I hope we will bring a lot of benefits and add value. The fans need to be patient. This is a long-term investment. It is not short-term. We are not promising any miracles, but we will work hard and use every resource at our disposal to bring the Club to the best place. Thank you very much." Sport Republic CEO and President Rasmus Ankersen said, "I am very happy and excited to be here for myself. I started to visit Izmir from the first day. I met with Mr. Mehmet. I visited Göztepe facilities. I really felt that there is something special here. I am very happy that we have made such an agreement. First of all, I would like to thank Mehmet Bey. He hosted us here and invited us here. Last season was a tough one. We are interested in your achievements and investments. There are very good organizations here. These factors were important factors for us to participate in this project. Göztepe, as a football club, has different aspects that happen within a football club. We are located in a beautiful and big city. It has passionate fans. It has good infrastructure and a very nice stadium. It has a great facility environment. It has the potential we are looking for, especially within Sport Republic's investment philosophy. We are impressed by the fact that we can unlock success by using the existing potential. More than 80 million people in Turkey live with football. In this way, our thoughts and methods can bring big changes. In particular, we can say that most things move in the right direction with football. A successful step needs to be taken in the right direction. We saw the potential here and it excited us. It is really important to come together with Mr. Mehmet and become partners. Because we do not live in Turkey, we are not here every day. It is very important for us to have a reliable partner. We are very ambitious about this. We will work to take this club to the next level. We think success will come. We need to go step by step. We need to do a successful work. This is our philosophy. We want to develop the club and take it to the Super League. In this sense, we want to create the right infrastructure and follow the right process. We want to be successful not only in one season but in consecutive seasons. So much has been done. From a transfer perspective, a lot of time has been spent on this. Because it's a very competitive environment. We will be excited to watch the season. In summary, we are quite excited to be here. It is not an investment realized in 24 hours. We have spent a lot of time in the last 18 months. We have made various visits to get to know the club, to get to know the city. Now we realize that we are really in the right place and we have made a very right decision. We are looking forward to what we will experience."

from @Goztepiliercom on twitter (translated) Henrik Kraft : We have a very long and difficult investment project. We took over Southampton this January. Now we are actively working very hard. Our aim here is to integrate football clubs. We strive to make these clubs part of a larger group. We try to share the best made apps We try to use data handling methods We strive to ensure that clubs benefit from each other, from the academy to the Premier League, we try to provide the appropriate environment for footballers to play in the most appropriate way. We are very happy to have invested in Göztepe, which is suitable for our club model. Fans have to be a little patient. This is a long-term investment. We will use all the resources we have and try to bring the club to the best place.

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122 PL appearances. 151 in all competitions.

Goztepe are the only one that is almost done that we know about. on the 19th July Mehmet Sepil, when announcing Goztepe's new sponsor was quoted as saying: "We are very close to the end of a new formation. No problem. Göztepe is ultimately a joint-stock company. There is not the slightest mishap. Göztepe will make a new start in every sense."

Sport Republic are to be the first foreign owners of a Turkish Football club, there's no precedence for time.

Still not compete yet. But Roberto Gagliardi was reported to be behind transfers. Including today's Goalscorer Mamah.

First match of the season, Göztepe have just got their first win since 22nd January. 1 - 0 away at Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor thought they had an equaliser in the 6th minute of injury time, but it was ruled out by VAR.

For accuracy: Jack Stephens was reportedly given a new contract in Sept 2020. McCarthy in Aug 2021. The curious thing was that Saints only admitted they had new contacts when their previous contacts expired.

It's clearly the media who are the shambles, rather than the club.

I think JWP will be playing further forward this season. --------------------Bazunu-------------------- -------------ABK---Lyanco---Salisu----------- KWP-----------------Lavia------------Perraud ----------------------JWP-------------------- ---------Aribo---------------S Armstrong----- --------------------Adams--------------------

He was actually playing there during last season pre-season too and his ball recovery and off the ball play was starting to look better at that point last year. this article was actually from a year ago. I see him there this season’ – Hasenhuttl hints at Djenepo’s new position for Southampton | Goal.com

A loan for a RB seems sensible as we have KWP and Livramento (when fit). Get him in and see how Tino recovers.

They've pretty much put together a brand new squad Though fans are still desperate to get a new striker in that will score 20 goals in a season.

more stats here: Why 5 substitutes in the Premier League doesn't mean an advantage for the bigger clubs (espn.co.uk)

Sadly the council look like they're about to reinstate charges for parking in Council Car Parks for evening games.

Again, Negative space emblem posted out on media channels.

I don't understand how anyone thinks there was anything bad about his comments.

His comments sound like they are about a player who has come from a foreign league, has had only a couple of days training since his work permit came in and has to adapt to a teams style of play, on and off the ball.

Interesting Re: Dembele. In this interview with Radio Solent after Monaco, Ralph mentions that the market has cooled down and there are less options to go to the top Six. It does echo what we thought of Dembele's situation.