Topic: Turkish Super League 2024/25 Season - page 46. (Read 14001 times)

In short, Osimhen is more of a fighter for capturing the balls. He doesn't just wait in offense area to finish the passes with a goal. He likes to go into challenges and force the competitor to make mistakes. This is a good trait of him. Because Icardi isn't like him. He is more of a finisher as you know.    So it is good to have another forward who can play more versatile.

Most probably our coach will return to 4-4-2 again with Osimhen's recovery. Because we have all seen how much it worked the last time. I don't doubt our offense even a bit. But I'm not thinking the same for defense...

Icardi plays like a center forward, Osimhen plays like a striker. I think Galatasaray have two good players but it will not be easy to use them at the same time. The truth is that in the Turkish league it's not a problem for them to play two stars because they have easy opponents in the Turkish league but in European games I don't think they will be able to use two stars at the same time. I'm sure their coach will have a hard time deciding on this...

Osimhen seems to have some very flexible legs and I doubted this would be a big thing. The hardest thing for Galatasaray is you do not bench a player like Icardi, who was the top scorer last season. I get he could play a bit differently this season, like let Osimhen be the pure striker he is destined to be, and Osimhen could play like a bit more playmaker role, he would still score when he gets the chance, but he could pass the ball around as well, he is talented about passing too, so he could fall back a bit , which he often does anyways and he could distribute a bit more, and he could be a bit behind Osimhen.

This way, since Icardi is a great scorer, when Osimhen gets all the attention, he could sneak in and score bunch of goals that way too.

Batshuayi will remain and the situation can be solved by transferring a top-level forward in the middle of the season. If you ask me, Icardi would be better off leaving, we are paying too much money and I also think his performance has been decreasing recently, it would be good if he left while I am thinking about it. It is almost certain that Osimhen will leave as you said.

This week we will have a match against Antalyaspor, a match that we need to win, I hope the same things that happened in the previous matches will not happen in this match and Galatasaray will win comfortably.

Icardi's contract expires at the end of 2026. The club that wants him has to pay a transfer fee. River Plate has reportedly budgeted 15 million Euro for him. But it's not specified how much of this is the transfer fee, how much is the player's salary and how much is the signing fee. Icardi's salary is very high. If River Plate gives this money to the player, there won't be enough for the transfer fee. I don't find this news very convincing.
As for Osimhen, it's almost certain that he will leave in the middle of the season, we have said this before. Galatasaray currently has 2 top strikers and in 3 months they may lose both of them. I wonder what their plans are in this situation.

This is extremely good news for us. Because we need Osimhen. Because Icardi is not in a good period, both physically and mentally. There are rumors in the press that Wanda Narra is trying to convince him to return to Argentina. There is talk that he could move to River Plate in the winter transfer window. There is no doubt that Icardi could have had a better career. But Wanda Narra always got him into trouble. I think Icardi is very unlucky in this regard.

There are teams that seem like they specialise in winning some competitions like the case of Sevilla and the Europa league and same could be said about galatasaray and the Turkish league but talking about European competitions like the Europa League where the Turkish club are currently participating, I would rather say that Galatasaray haven't really built the capacity to achieve such feat over the years due to their inconsistent run in the competition but that not withstanding, this season they seem like one of the favourites to win the competition with the kind of squad they possessed at the moment.

That would be a nice thing to do by there coach because even if the injury may not be that serious but for it to have kept him out of there country match means that to an extend the injury affected him a little so even if he is a player that always bring a good results for the Galatasaray I believe allowing him to skip there next match will be a good thing so that it will enable him to heal completely because it will be bad for him to force it on the match and besides there Antalyaspor match is not even a serious match that requires the important use of all the best strikers of Galatasaray.

I don't underestimate Victor Osimhen but the fact is the performance of this player continues to decline, instead of competing in the European League even in the local league he has not been able to compete I mean not optimal. At first when moved to the Turkish League I hoped that Victor Osimhen could compete on the top score list but to this day we haven't seen his name there. Yeah there may be some obstacles such as adaptation and injury but overall we cannot expect more to Victor Osimhen, at least for this season and Osimhen must remember in this league he must be able to prove that he deserves to play in a better club.

In the case of the Europa League, the winners have been teams that have not been champions in their local leagues very often. Some of them have not even had a chance of being champions for many years. For example in the case of Sevilla, when you look at Sevilla in the league, anyone can see that they have no chance of being champions, and looking at Sevilla market value: €173.10m

https://www.transfermarkt.us/fc-sevilla/startseite/verein/368

But Sevilla has won the Europa League many times. Just look at this list:

https://www.transfermarkt.com/europa-league/erfolge/pokalwettbewerb/EL

and as I said before, Galatasaray has dominated the Turkish League, they beat all the teams in the Turkish league with relative ease, but in European competitions, they can't win anything, and Galatasaray seems to have a better squad than Sevilla for example. Galatasaray market value: €262.05m

https://www.transfermarkt.us/galatasaray/kader/verein/141

In my opinion Galatasaray could at least win the Europa League.

It's good news that Victor Osimhen's injury is not serious because, as most people observed, his impact in Galastataray is already visible. Without his threat to opponents' defense, the pressure usually falls back on Galastataray's midfield and defense, which has cost them a few points since his absence.

I know he would want it to come back as soon as possible, but it's wise to keep him away from the game against Antalyaspor to enable him to recover fully. There are still more important games with IF Elfsborg, Beşiktaş, and Tottenham, and his presence will matter a lot in these games. I am expecting to watch the match against the English side; it will be an opportunity for the Nigerian to show that Chelsea and Manchester United missed the opportunity to attract a world-class striker.

Galatasaray will play three games in a this week and I think all of them are critical. Although Antalyaspor is not playing the football they want to under coach Alex, they have always been a team that can pose a threat against the big teams. The fact that Antalyaspor will play Galatasaray at home could make it easier for them. Galatasaray will not want to risk Osimhen against Antalyaspor. Because Galatasaray have two more important games ahead of them.

The Elfsborg game is an important game for Galatasaray's continuation in the European cups and the Beşiktaş game is an important game to make up for the points lost in the league. I think Okan Buruk will save Osimhen for these two games. The disadvantage for Okan Buruk is that he will play important games in such a short time with a team that has no squad depth.

Osimhen coming back will be very good for us because he is a very good contributor.
As long as Osimhen is in the game, the defense of the opposing team cannot relax, he is a very agile and very fast player, so he tires the opponent a lot.
For this reason, it will be very good for us if he plays against Beşiktaş.

I am so glad Osimhen is coming back, we need him so much. We could only watch Osimhen for a short time but he made a good contribution in all the matches and increases the excitement of the match. Seeing Osimhen on the field motivates even the other players.

By the way, it is the right decision to return before he is fully recovered, maybe he would have created bigger problems in his muscles later, it would be great if he comes back after enough rest.

Even though the international break is very boring, it's useful for the teams to rest and for injured players to come back. Mert Günok and Al-Musrati return to the team for Beşiktaş. Both players have recovered from their injuries and will be available for the first league game. Especially when Mert was absent, Beşiktaş's goalkeeper didn't inspire confidence, it wasn't going to happen good with Ersin. Al-Musrati was adding strength to the midfield. The return of both players will be very good for Beşiktaş. There is no more tolerance for losing points. We need to get a good winning streak.

Galatasaray really lucky to have Osimhen. But it looks like he might leave in January in case of getting a satisfying offer. Okan Buruk said that Osimhen indicated he wouldn't leave in January. Doesn't this mean there is a condition on his contract like a break clause? 

I think Okan Buruk just let it slip. Because at first Galatasaray officials talked about the situation like there was no such condition and Osimhen was going to stay until the end of the season. Galatasaray supporters had better pray for him not to get injured once again and stay for a full season also. In case he stays I think Galatasaray will have a huge advantage for the league championship. 

There are about 2 weeks until the Beşiktaş match. Osimhen will be quite healthy by then.
The Antalyaspor match is not very important, Galatasaray will find a way to win that match. But Osimhen is very important against Beşiktaş, it will be difficult for the team to win without him.
Also, there will be a European match before that match. Galatasaray should never lose the match against Elfsborg

Most chances we will have Victor Osimhen in next few days, but he services needed by Galatasaray after few days because their next game is against struggling Antalyaspor where they can play without him, but they needed him in match against Besiktas on 28th October and then against Tottenham on 7th November as both are challenging matches, and they needed good results from them for having their chances high in both Super League and Europa League.

No doubt their defense is having issues as they are having worst in top four teams with concede 8 goals in last 8 games they are having just 2 clean sheets which is also not good with things needed to be had much better results for them if they are looking for better end of their season.

In this season we have good investments from the Turkish clubs which are working on their quality and strength with things could be surely needed more time and effort because still they are not good enough for having better results in European competitions with recent results are clearly indicating how things were going and what problems they needed to be fixed if they want to have better results without improvement things will have no changes.

Coming rounds are going to be more competitive as we will have good work load on players and injuries and other issues can also have their share in these conditions.

well, while I won't disagree with the salient points you made in your comment I however don't agree with all because from my end I think the Turkish league clubs have been doing great accordingly to the strength of their league in Europe football. They ain't a renowned league like the rest of the EPL, Laliga, Seire A and the German bundlesliga which the press carry about at their back and I think this has been part of the success of these other league's which has gained the attraction of every player in Europe (making the Turkish league an alternative) and not mainly that some of these teams pay their players so much money that some of the Turkish club's can't afford to.

4-4-2 formation has always been yielding a good results for them since the coach has been using it, so even before Victor Osimhen joined the club it has been one of there best strategy, however I have not heard anything about Victor Osimhen being out for 5 weeks because if it was true I believe the social media would have carried it before now and besides i don't think his injury is that worst, so probably he would be back on his fit before then, so actually I don't think there would be any change on there formation if he eventually play the match because it will not have any effect on his performance but if maybe as the match progresses and the coach saw that the formation is not okay they can have a reformation then.