Fatih Terim could be the new coach for CHELSEA

Turkish coach could move to Premier League According to reports,Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is already drawing up a secret hit-list of potential managers to replace Avram Grant. Turkey boss Fatih Terim is reported to be one target.

Avram Grant coming under increasing pressure in his brief tenure as Chelsea manager, several likely candidates are, reportedly, being sized up by Roman Abramovich.


Fatih Terim, could be heading the potential list of successors.

Terim, who at 54 has had success with Galatasaray and AC Milan and Fiorentina, is reportedly leaving his current role after the Euro 2008 finals.

His agent, Mel Goldberg, has been quoted as saying,

"There has been interest from at least four Premier League clubs and of course he would be interested in a job in England."

A Brand New Turkey 08/09 Nike home football kit

According to http://www.footballshirtculture.com, web site, there is a brand new Turkish National team home kit coming up....

Nike Company has not yet officially launched the kit ....we will be watching...

By the way, I want to thank one of my regular reader and avid Turkish soccer fan, Sukru Kemal from England to give me heads-up on this web site.....Thanks

FATIH TERIM TO ENGLAND?....

If everything is reported by British media truth, we might see Fatih Terim coaching in the one of the best leagues in the world next year.....

According to his British Agent( I did not know he had a British Agent) and the British media, Fatih Terim is getting a lot of offers from English teams!......

Here is the Report......

Turkish coach Fatih Terim has offers from a number of Premier League clubs, his British agent has claimed.

Terim is rated very highly in Europe having guided Galatasaray to UEFA Cup success in 2000.

He went on to manage both Fiorentina and AC Milan before returning to Gala, who he left again in 2005 to take up his current role as coach of the national side.

Terim has guided Turkey to Euro 2008 - their first major tournament since the 2002 World Cup.

But Terim is now attracting attention from a number of clubs sides and Chelsea are the latest side said to be interested.

Terim's agent Mel Goldberg confirmed there was a lot of interest from England.

"There has been interest from at least four Premier League clubs and of course he would be interested in a job in England," Goldberg told the Daily Mirror.

Fatih Terim announced a 30-man squad for Turkish National Team

Turkey coach Fatih Terim announced a 30-man squad on Friday for the friendly against Belarus in Minsk on Wednesday.

Turkey are in Group A with Czech Republic, Portugal and co-hosts Switzerland at Euro 2008 in June.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), Rustu Recber (Besiktas), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)

Defenders: Emre Asik (Ankaraspor), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Ugur Boral (Fenerbahce), Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray), Remzi Giray Kacar (Genclerbirligi Oftasspor), Yasin Cakmak (Fenerbahce)

Midfielders: Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan), Caner Erkin (CSKA Moskova), Tumer Metin (Larissa), Yildiray Basturk (VfB Stuttgart), Gokhan Emreciksin (Ankaragucu), Selcuk Sahin (Fenerbahce), Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), Serdar Ozkan (Besiktas), Mustafa Sarp (Bursaspor)

Forwards: Halil Altintop (Schalke 04), Gokhan Unal (Kayserispor), Mehmet Yildiz (Sivasspor), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal), Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), Mevlut Erdinc (Sochaux)

Turkcell Super League Week 27,fixtures

Turkcell Super League Week-27, fixtures between March 21st and 23rd:

March 21st, Friday:
Fenerbahce 3-0 Kasimpasa

March 22nd, Saturday:

Genclerbirligi OFTAS Spor 1- 0 Vestel Manisaspor...Live Score

Gaziantepspor 1 - 0 Bursaspor ...Live Score

Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor 2 - 1 Besiktas...Live Score

March 23rd, Sunday:

Genclerbirligi-Ankaraspor

Caykur Rizespor-Ankaragucu

Sivasspor-Konyaspor

Trabzonspor-Kayserispor

Galatasaray-Denizlispor

Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner to resign after Euro 2008

Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner will retire from soccer after this year's European Championship.

The 68-year-old Bruckner said he will end his coaching career after the tournament. His team is in a first-round group with Switzerland, Turkey and Portugal. "I've decided to retire after the championship," Bruckner said Thursday while announcing his squad for a friendly at Denmark next week.

"Thirty-four years of coaching are 34 years," Bruckner said. "That was enough."

He said he did not plan to lead the national squad against England in a friendly match scheduled for Aug. 20 at Wembley.

"I won't be involved in that match," Bruckner said.

Bruckner took over from Josef Chovanec after the Czechs failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, and has led the country to all major international tournaments since.

When Bruckner took command, he rebuilt a fractious squad with low morale to create what many observers have said is the most exciting Czech side ever.

Bruckner changed the team's defensive style into an attacking approach highly appreciated by fans, and good results followed.

At the 2004 European Championship, the Czechs won accolades for their flee-flowing, attacking soccer which brought surprise victories over Germany and the Netherlands during a run to the semifinals.

The Czech Republic then qualified for its first World Cup as an independent nation and two years later reached another European Championship, which it opens on June 7 in Basel against co-host Switzerland.

"It would a success to advance from the group," Bruckner said Thursday.

Bruckner has won 47 and lost just 10 of his 69 matches in charge, although he didn't lead the team for last month's friendly against Poland because he was ill.

No replacement was immediately announced.

Bruckner coached several Czech and Slovak clubs since the 1970s, including a notable run to the 1992 UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Olomouc.

Source: Wires

Roberto Carlos Visits Old Team Mates

Brazilian and Fenerbahce star Roberto Carlos paid Tuesday a surprise visit to his old team mates in Real Madrid where he played for eleven years before signed an official two-year contract with Turkish league champions Fenerbahce last June.
"I have many friends in Real Madrid and most of them are like brothers to me. I am very excited to be here again," Carlos said.

"I will send you the tickets for the game in Moscow," a joke Carlos told his friends as he hoped his team Fenerbahce would make to the final at the Champions League.

Fenerbahce will take on England`s Chelsea in quarter finals in the Champions League.