Mourinho to earn over $11m a year at Fenerbahce
Fenerbahce says new coach Jose Mourinho is set to earn 10.5 million euros ($11.4 million) a year in salary after he agreed on a two-year contract.
Fenerbahce says new coach Jose Mourinho is set to earn 10.5 million euros ($11.4 million) a year in salary after he agreed on a two-year contract.
Galatasaray are interested in signing Anthony Martial on a free transfer but the former Manchester United striker will have to drop his wage demands if the move is to happen, a source has told ESPN.
José Mourinho said at his first Fenerbahce news conference that his signing and reputation would bring more attention to the Turkish league, adding that his aim was to win the Super Lig and make it to the Champions League group stage next season.
Former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho will be unveiled as the new coach of Fenerbahce later on Sunday, the club said.
Fenerbahce have all but confirmed the hiring of José Mourinho as the club's new manager, posting a video of the Portuguese boss on Saturday welcoming fans to an event on Sunday.
Galatasaray secured a 24th Turkish title with a 3-1 victory at Konyaspor on Sunday, ending the season three points above arch Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce who have not won the league in a decade.
Besiktas are in talks to sign coach José Mourinho and Ángel Di María according to the Turkish club's vice-president Huseyin Yucel.
The Turkish Super Lig will assign foreign Video Assistant Referees (VARs) for crucial games until the end of the season, the Turkish Football Federation said on Friday.
Fenerbahce's players walked off the pitch after one minute of Sunday's Turkish Super Cup match against Galatasaray, forcing the game to be abandoned and conceding the trophy.
Turkish Super League club Trabzonspor's six-match spectator ban has been reduced to four games after an appeal to the Turkish Football Federation.
Top-tier Trabzonspor was ordered to play six games without fans as punishment by the Turkish Federation for violent clashes on the field after a Superlig game against Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce decided not to go through with their threat of withdrawing from the Turkish Super Lig on Tuesday.
Fans of Turkey's Trabzonspor stormed the pitch and brawled with security forces and players from visiting Fenerbahce after their team lost 3-2 on Sunday, in the latest incident in a league that has been marred by controversy this season.
Galatasaray have decided against making an approach for Christian Eriksen in the final days of the Turkish transfer window but they will likely step up their interest in the Manchester United midfielder in the summer, a source has told ESPN.
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Istanbul Basaksehir have fined Israeli midfielder Eden Kartsev and loaned him to another club after he posted a message of support for hostages being held by Hamas on social media.
Turkish authorities charged Sagiv Jehezkel with inciting hatred after he expressed solidarity with people held hostage by Hamas
The former president of a top-division team in Turkey told a court on Tuesday that he regretted attacking a referee at the end of a league game but denied threatening to kill him.
The Turkish Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce scheduled to be played in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Friday has been cancelled.
Halil Umut Meler, the referee punched by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca after a match in the Turkish Super Lig, has said he "will not forgive" his assailant.
Turkish side Istanbulspor walked off the pitch in protest at a refereeing decision in their Super Lig game against Trabzonspor on Tuesday.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Thursday its disciplinary board had imposed a permanent ban on Ankaragucu club president Faruk Koca for punching a referee after a game this week in the country's top soccer league.
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Galatasaray | 38 | 33 | 3 | 2 | +66 | 102 |
Fenerbahce | 38 | 31 | 6 | 1 | +68 | 99 |
Trabzonspor | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | +19 | 67 |
Istanbul Basaksehir | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | +14 | 61 |
Kasimpasa | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 56 |
Besiktas | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | +5 | 56 |
Sivasspor | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 54 |
Alanyaspor | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | +3 | 52 |
Caykur Rizespor | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 50 |
Antalyaspor | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 49 |
Gaziantep FK | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 44 |
Adana Demirspor | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | -7 | 44 |
Samsunspor | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 43 |
Kayserispor | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -13 | 42 |
Hatayspor | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 41 |
Konyaspor | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -13 | 41 |
Ankaragucu | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 40 |
Fatih Karagümrük | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 40 |
Pendikspor | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -31 | 37 |
Istanbulspor | 38 | 4 | 7 | 27 | -53 | 16 |