With weeks of unrest at the club and it looking like the transfer ban wouldnt be lifted, the Ankaragucu management team somehow found the funds to pay off the outstanding debts, remove the transfer ban and sign 12 new players. Time will tell if the players brought in are of the quality needed to help the club avoid relegation but they have at least given themselves a fighting chance. Below is a list of all the ins and outs from the January transfer window.
Ins
Aydin Karabulut (Sivasspor)
Stelios Kitsiou (PAOK)
Ante Kulusic (Sheriff)
Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw)
Hadi Sacko (Leeds United)
Tyler Boyd (Vitoria Guiamaeres)
Dever Orgill (Wolfsberger)
Wilfred Moke (Konyaspor)
Cebrail Karayel (Sanliurfaspor)
Oscar Scarione (Goztepe)
Zaur Sadaev (Achmat Grozny)
Hector Canteros (Chaepocoense)
Outs
Lanre Kehinde (Denizlispor)
Anton Putsila (Altay)
Youness Mokhtar (Released)
Lukasz Szukala (Released)
Kenan Ozer (Gazisehir)
Erdem Ozgenc (Genclerbirligi)
Thievy Bifouma (Yeni Malatyaspor)
Erdem Sen (Chaves)
Bakary Kone (Arsenal Tula)
Kubilay Kanatziskus (Retuns to Bursa)
El Kabir was set for a move to Qatar but the move fell through at the last minute.
Can't remember such a busy transfer window for Ankaragucu.
ReplyDeleteIt was inevitable that Kubilay would return to Bursa, but on his form for Ankaragucu he will be hard pressed to get game time there. Probably another loan deal looming for him !
Interesting that Kehinde moved to Denizli who are looking likely to return to the Super League next season after a long absence. It will be interesting to see if Denizli will use him as a bench-warmer which he was with Ankaragucu !
It's going to be a long slog and difficult time ahead to avoid relegation. Let's see how the new boys gell together, and as Nadeem and Harun said recently, we MUST at least win all our remaining home games to give ourselves a fighting chance !!