Keeping the preparations for the 2022-2023 season in the Spor Toto 1st League at the Urla Adnan Süvari Facilities, Göztepe’s goalkeeper İrfan Can Eğribayat, who was excluded from the squad indefinitely, was forgiven and started training with the team.
Göztepe hosted Aytemiz Alanyaspor at the Gürsel Aksel Stadium in the 30th week of the Super League last season and lost the match 2-0. Yellow-red fans, on the other hand, wet Irfan Can and protested throughout the match. At the end of the match, the 23-year-old goalkeeper reacted harshly to the fans protesting him by going to the numbered tribune. Irfan Can, who was appeased by the intervention of his teammates, was excluded from the squad indefinitely by the management.
İrfan Can, who was not considered in the squad this season, could not be sold. Medipol Başakşehir and Kasımpaşa also stepped in for the net guard, which Galatasaray was also aspired to for a while. However, when the transfer did not happen, İrfan Can started preparations for the new season with Göztepe, with whom he was contracted until 2025. The fans, on the other hand, reacted very harshly to the goalkeeper’s re-introduction. Göztepeli football fans, who criticize both the management and the player on social media, stated that they do not want to see İrfan Can under the Göztepe jersey. Göztepeli fans, who expressed their opinion that İrfan Can should definitely leave the team, stated that the decision should be changed as soon as possible.