Working again with Rogers as in his Leicester days to remember the great things, notably this improbable title of English champion in 2016, and to accomplish others. It still remained to take over from Joe Hart, who retired after three good years. “But I know the manager and his way of playing and how it goes at a big British club. I felt at home from day one.”added the goalkeeper who made us forget his former cadet (37 years old) and former partner at City at the start of his long career.
Decisive in the Champions League at Atalanta or even in the championship against Hibs, the former Anderlecht player was especially decisive in repelling Ridvan Yilmaz’s shot on goal to allow his team to win the League Cup against Rangers. Enough to become a legend already.
Canak on the Trabzonspor volcano
There is this number 61, highly symbolic at Trabzonspor, which he now wears. There are his 17 appearances this season for ten starts. There is this crazy pressure that he discovers. And this delicate collective dynamic. Exited in the 3rd preliminary round of the Europa League by Rapid Vienna before being eliminated in the Conference League play-offs by Saint-Gall, Cihan Canak’s new club is having a complicated season. Which was fatal to Abdullah Avic, sacked on August 31, and replaced by the legendary Senol Günes. But the man who led Turkey to a historic 3rd place in the 2002 World Cup is struggling for his… 5th stint on the bench of his training club.
From Standard to Trabzonspor, Cihan Çanak talks about his new life: “Only those close to me know how much I have gritted my teeth in recent months”
Announced candidate for the title, Trabzonspor is only 13th, 4 points from the first relegation and 11 from the podium reached last year. And the old Rouche follows suit.
An opening for Koffi?
How do you evaluate a goalkeeper who has only played one match? When leaving for Lens, Hervé Koffi knew that he was going to become Brice Samba’s understudy, untouchable. Which left the former Carole with only one match, in the Cup, against PSG.
The DH visited Hervé Koffi in Lens: “I was surprised that no big Belgian club was interested in me”
After an initial scare, the Burkinabé was rather solid, not being able to blame anything on Ramos’ goal and during the penalty shootout which was unfortunately lost. “Not bad for a start”blurted Will Still. The fact remains that this elimination reduces his prospects for playing time after his six friendlies at the start of the season. “He was like him: calm, very calm. But he showed personality because it was necessary, especially against this type of opponentgreeted Adrien Thomasson. He had a great match.” Enough to allow him to establish himself as a starter while Brice Samba is getting closer to Rennes? This is not necessarily the trend: the current 7th in Ligue 1 remains attentive to the goalkeeper market…
-Idling doors
The contrast in his performance is striking. Cameron Puertas ended his last season at the Union with XXL stats: 14 goals and 23 assists in 56 appearances. At Al-Qadsiah, his performance is in free fall with only one goal and three assists in 14 appearances. But with this surprising promotion, 3rd, Puertas quickly became a manager alongside Koen Casteels, Nacho, Aubameyang and Quinones and is enjoying himself. SO…
Cameron Puertas explains his departure for Saudi Arabia: “Of course I wanted to play in the Champions League, but I thought about the post-career”
Thiago the cursed
The end of his journey in Belgium was marked by this knee injury. The start of his adventure in England is punctuated by even more glitches. The biggest recruit in the history of Brentford (33 million), Igor Thiago is struggling to embody a solution for Thomas Frank who lost this summer the two favorites of the supporters Ivan Toney and Neal Maupay.
Absent three months after a meniscus problem in preparation, the former Bruges player had to wait until November 23 to start in the Premier League. Starting and rather good against Newcastle on December 7, he is back in the infirmary, upset by a new knee problem.
Europa League: when Anderlecht spent more than six million to buy Igor Thiago (ex-Bruges) from Ludogorets
“Igor is very unlucky. The risk of getting this type of infection is really very, very small but apparently when you’re a Brentford player it’s the opposite: instead of having a 2% chance of suffer from it, it’s 98%, whispers his manager. But the wheel will turn.”
