Christmas to Bring Turkish Delight for Liverpool FC?
ACCORDING to Turkish newspaper Milliyet, Liverpool scouts present at the Intercontinental derby between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce have been left impressed with Selcuk Inan, Burak Yilmaz and Semih Kaya.
Reds scouts were in Turkey to cast their eye over Yilmaz, however after watching the drama unfold, have added Inan and Kaya to their shortlist of potential targets.
Yilmaz, who has been linked with the Anfield club since the summer, is this season’s top Champions League goal-scorer with 6 goals in 5 appearances. His 6 strikes have come in just 501 minutes of Champions League football, meaning the Turkish striker has averaged a goal every 83 minutes. Yilmaz has also hit the back of the net on 9 occasions domestically, taking the 27 year olds tally to 15 so far.
Selcuk is an established Turkish international midfield player and also plies his trade at Galatasaray. In 2011/12 the 27 year old was the Turkish league’s assist king, providing no fewer than 16 goal assists for his team-mates. Selcuk also has a knack of scoring goals as he showed last season by notching 13 times in the league, a tally which made him Galatasaray’s top scorer. With 16 assists and 13 goals in 40 matches Selcuk could prove to be a very useful weapon in the Reds armoury.
Semih is the youngest and least well known of the three, however, after a fantastic breakthrough season last year, he’s regarded as one of the brightest young talents in Turkish football. The 21 year old central defender has won the Turkish league with Galatasaray, can boast Champions League experience and is a regular with the Turkish national team.
Liverpool have strengthened ties with Turkey recently, completing Turkish reality series ‘Soccer Prince’, as well as partnerships with Turkish Tourism, Misli.com and Ramsey. The Reds also have Turkish international and national hero Nuri Sahin on their books which could help pave the way for any potential Turkish targets as Brendan Rodgers looks further afield to secure additions to his squad via less traditional, less expensive routes in January.
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December 18th, 2012
Would prefer them to sturridge and ince tho….
December 18th, 2012
ya exactly
December 18th, 2012
no no no no no no no no NO NO NO – no flipping Turks please
1. Turks are mercenaries
2. Turks dont fit into English football , they are weak and cant handle physical side
3. Turks are the biggest bunch of divers and play actors
What is Rodgers turning Liverpool into ? The man must be stopped
December 18th, 2012
vickers you dont know what you are talking about. Prime example is arda turan of a madrid. i dont understand why you are so against turks. is it bec your mum or lady got screwed over whilst on holiday ??
December 18th, 2012
Turks dont do well in physical leagues , and are scummy . I dont want any more little girlie types playin for us
December 18th, 2012
More lightweight small players ????? Get lost Rodgers b4 you turn us into a championship side
December 18th, 2012
selcuk and yilmaz … meh
all the more reason to sack BRR quickly
December 18th, 2012
vickers you dont know what you are talking about. Prime example is arda turan of a madrid. i dont understand why you are so against turks. is it bec your mum or lady got screwed over whilst on holiday?
December 20th, 2012
turks are slimy thieving greasy homos
December 18th, 2012
Any other big clubs interested in these ?? …… No . enough said
December 19th, 2012
I know its generalising , im sure there are exceptions , but …. turks dont care , they dont have passion ( except for their pay packets ) . it would be a mistake to bring more in
do we want 11 sahins wandering around the pitch on a saturday ?
December 23rd, 2012
? aggree most T players don’t fit with PL, but Selçuk And Burak are strong and fit enough to play in PL….These are good opportunity for LFC….