Josef Sural earnt 20 caps for the Czech Republic.
Czech Republic international Josef Sural was killed after a minibus carrying players from Turkish top tier club Aytemiz Alanyaspor crashed while returning from an away match, the club confirmed on Monday.
Sural died at the hospital where he and six of his teammates were taken after the crash, the club said on Twitter.
Seven Alanyaspor players had rented a VIP minibus to return from the club’s 1-1 draw against Kayserispor on Sunday and the bus crashed some 5 km (3.1 miles) from the southern coastal…
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Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius has reported his loan club, Besiktas, to FIFA having allegedly not received wages dating back four months.
FIFA told ESPN on Wednesday that they “have a received a claim from the player Loris Karius against the club Besiktas.”
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Earlier on Wednesday, German outlet Bild reported that Karius had taken legal action against the club on Feb. 20. The paper said that Besiktas have already missed one deadline which could result into a points deduction of or a potential…
Besiktas manager Senol Gunes said he believes “something is wrong” with goalkeeper Loris Karius after he conceded a soft goal in a 3-2 win against Konyaspor at the Vodafone Park Stadium on Sunday night.
Karius could probably have done better in dealing with Omer Ali Sahiner’s 20th-minute equaliser, the German keeper failing to make what should have been a routine save and conceding his 37th goal of the season in the process.
The 25-year-old was then heckled and jeered by his own fans for the remainder…
A player in Turkey has been accused of attacking several opposition players with a razor blade in a third division match on Sunday.
A football player of the Kurdish Amedspor club in Turkey’s third-tier league has been banned for life for attacking opposition players, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Thursday.
Mansur Calar, 33, was banned from all competitive games for four years and fined 25,000 lira ($4,600) for “attacks on opponent players” during his club’s 1-1 draw against Sakaryaspor last weekend, the TFF said.
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Procedurally, any suspension longer than three years in Turkey constitutes a life ban, meaning Calar…
A player in Turkey has been accused of attacking several opposition players with a razor blade in a third division match on Sunday.
Turkey’s state-run news agency says prosecutors have launched an investigation into a footballer who is accused of injuring four other players with a “sharp object” during a third-tier game in southeastern Turkey.
Anadolu Agency said four members of Sakaryaspor’s team accused midfielder Mansur Calar of home team Amed SFK of wounding them on Saturday during a match in the mostly Kurdish populated city of Diyarbakir.
A court imposed a travel ban on Calar pending the outcome of the investigation.
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Fenerbahce defender and Mexico international Diego Reyes has been loaned to La Liga side Leganes until the end of the season, the Turkish club announced on Monday.
Leganes, who are struggling in Spain’s first division and are three points above the relegation zone, will pay Reyes’ salary for the duration of the campaign.
Mexico defender Diego Reyes will now have his third stint in La Liga.
It will be the fifth European club in six years — and his third in Spain — for the 26-year-old Reyes, a product of Liga MX power Club America. He joined Porto in 2013 and…
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Chelsea’s Victor Moses has travelled to Turkey to finalise a loan move to Fenerbahce, sources have told ESPN FC.
Moses, 28, flew to Istanbul on Wednesday and is expected to join Fenerbahce until the end of the season after falling out of Maurizio Sarri’s first-team plans.
Chelsea had been hoping to sell Moses this month but no suitable offers emerged, meaning he has been allowed to move on loan.
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Fulham have signed Dutch international forward Ryan Babel from Turkish club Besiktas on a permanent deal running until the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
Babel makes a return to the English game, having made 146 appearances for Liverpool during his three-and-a-half year stint on Merseyside between 2007 and 2011.
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Jurgen Klopp made nine changes from the team that lost to Manchester City and didn’t quite have enough to beat Wolves in the FA Cup 3rd round. Liverpool face Premier League competition to sign “Turkish Messi” Abdulkadir Omur from Trabzonspor, sources have told ESPN FC.
The Turkish Super Lig side are aware of interest from Liverpool for Omur, but Jurgen Klopp has yet to table a bid for the 19-year-old.
Trabzonspor are resigned to the fact that Omur is likely to leave at the end of the season and have set a minimum price of €20 million, but are keen to hold onto him in the January transfer window.
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Serdar Aziz missed Galatasaray’s 4-2 win over Sivasspor.
Galatasaray defender Serdar Aziz was pictured on holiday in the Maldives a day after he missed his side’s final game of 2018 with what he claimed was an upset stomach.
The Turkey international’s wife shared an image on her Instagram stories page from the tropical island which featured her husband, who was ruled out of Galatasaray’s 4-2 win over Sivasspor.
Aziz’s trip to the Maldives sparked outrage among Galatasaray fans, who were disappointed to see the defender miss an important league game through…