Saying goodbye to Spor Toto Süper Lig after a 5-year adventure, Göztepe’s transfer process has come to an end.
Mehmet Sepil, who made an agreement with the businessman Rasmus Ankersen, who is the partner of Sport Republic company, on the transfer of 70 percent of the shares of the club, met with the Dane and his team at a luxury restaurant in Izmir the previous evening. While the details of the transfer process were discussed with the 39-year-old sportsman who will be the sole boss of football, Rasmus Ankersen immediately rolled up his sleeves for the structuring of the squad that will play for the summit.
FIRST PRIORITY TECHNICAL STAFF
It has been learned that Ankersen made an offer to Bülent Korkmaz, who is the manager of Ç.Rize, who is planning to return Göztepe to the Super League again. Continuing his talks with the 53-year-old Korkmaz, Ankersen follows the situation of the experienced coach in the Black Sea team.
PLAN B EROĞLU
The current administration will assist Rasmus Ankersen, who will take decisions regarding football during the transition period during the transfer of Göztepe. It was learned that Mehmet Sepil and his team, who will give an idea to the Danish sportsman, especially in the selection of coaches and domestic players, suggested a familiar name. First of all, the yellow-red people, who will determine the new coach, brought up the name Hüseyin Eroğlu, who left Altınordu. A meeting will be held with Eroğlu, whose name is also mentioned for the football directorate of Galatasaray, and the pulse will be felt. If Ankersen cannot reach an agreement with Korkmaz, he will speed up the negotiations with the 49-year-old coach, which he considers as Plan B. It was stated that Hüseyin Eroğlu would also like to work in Göztepe, which is going to be restructured.
OPERATION HAKAN OZMERT
Göztepe’s new management made a move to add the 37-year-old midfielder, whose contract with Antalyaspor has expired, to the squad.
While Rasmus Ankersen is planning to bring ex-Altay Mateusz Lis, transferred by the British team Southampton, in which Sport Rebuplic, of which he is a partner, owns 80 percent, to Göztepe on loan, there is another star player in the target. It has been learned that Ankersen, who is learned to have a great command of Turkish football and has been following Göztepe for a long time, also made an offer to Hakan Özmert from Antalyaspor. Ankersen wants to fill the gap that will occur in the middle area due to the separation of Soner and Obinna in the middle area of the yellow-red team, and the return of Aytaç, who is on loan, to Galatasaray.
LOOKS HOT TO IZMIR
The experience of the 37-year-old football player whose contract with the Güney team has expired is also one of the reasons for Ankersen’s preference. While the first offer was sent to Hakan through his manager, the Danish sportsman will take the official steps for the transfer after the completion of the transfer process. It was learned that Özmert, who grew up in Sakaryaspor’s infrastructure and sweated the jerseys of Karşıyaka, Karabük, Orduspor, Kasımpaşa, Sivas and Başakşehir, was also willing to play in Göztepe, which is going to a new structure. It was learned that there were offers for Hakan from the Super League and the 1st League, and that the player was on the radar of Eyüp and Samsun.