Since the passing of our great friend Jim, I along with some of the other Kankas have taken some time to decide if we are going to continue with the Blog. Without Jim, this Blog will never be the same, his passion in writing about Ankaragücü was very unique and will be sadly missed. But we do think Jim would have wanted us to continue and keep the Round Ball in Ankara as a source of information for both foreign and Turkish fans of Ankaragücü and Genclerbirligi.
Unfortunately, they news at Ankaragücü continues to look bleak as this management go from 1 disaster to another. Only 1 month previous the club appointment Kemal Ozdes as the new manager for the upcoming season. They promised him that they would keep the team together and new transfers but as usual more failed promises.
Earlier in the week Ankaragücü appointed Seyit Igcul as Sporting Director. Incredibly it’s his fist job in football for 9 years after leaving Karabukspor. A few days later Kemal Ozdes has resigned and been replaced with Cihat Arslan who managed Sanliurfaspor last season. He is another coach who has had a new job every season with lower league teams and achieved nothing. But where did they find such an underwhelming coach? The new vice president of Ankaragücü is the ex president of Sanliurfaspor. Just look at how badly managed Sanliurfaspor have been over the years and see examples of bad footballing decisions.
On the transfer front the below players have all left the club:
Nihad Mujakic - Partizan Belgrade - 900,000 Euros
Tasos - Eyupspor - Free
Pedrinho - Kocaelispor - Feee
Uros Radakovic - Sivasspor - Free
Stelios Kitsiou - Free
Federico Macheda - Free
Season ticket sales go live this week but it will be a miracle if more than 100 are sold. In all the years supporting Ankaragücü I have never seen as less interest and it’s all thanks to this management. They have destroyed this club and paid people to stay quiet.
The kit makers this season have been announced as Umbro and will be unveiled this coming week too.
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