The return … of the shooting star: Arda Turan is on the pitch after months but is quite out of shape …

Just at the end of the holidays, comes the return … of a shooting star. Impossible not to define this Arda Turan, considering that seven years ago he was considered one of the most important players on the European scene. At Atletico Madrid, under the watchful eye of Simeone, he had stood out with superlative performances. A complete player, perfect in the offensive phase and very useful even when there was a need to recover the ball. No one was therefore too surprised when in 2015 Barcelona, ​​despite having the block of the market, had taken him from Atletico Madrid. And such was the Turkish’s desire to shine at the Camp Nou that the midfielder remained stationary for half the season, confidently waiting for the Catalan club to sign him. But then things definitely didn’t go as expected. For him just two full seasons at Barça, for the not unforgettable score of 55 appearances and 15 goals.

Collapse – The farewell of Luis Enrique, his main sponsor, turns him into an unwanted one. Valverde puts him out of the squad and Arda in January 2018 decides to accept the offer of Istanbul Basaksehir, the Turkish club considered the team of his friend Erdogan. But even the return home is not triumphal, on the contrary. With the orange jersey he plays a little, also because he remedies a mega disqualification for having pushed the linesman after a decision not shared. In the meantime, he also manages to get himself sentenced to 2 years, 8 months and 15 days in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and for shooting in a hospital after a fight. In January 2020 the return to Barcelona at the end of the loan, in general indifference and obviously without finding a place in the blaugrana. And then the greetings, with the impression that at just 33 the star of Arda Turan had fallen without remedy …

OUT OF SHAPE – He seemed to have thought of “his” Galatasaray to make him shine again. The Turkish, however, has again disappeared from the radar, only to return to be seen after several months. As he explains AS, played the last half hour of the match against Giresunspor, but failed to prevent the defeat of Gala. For Arda, this is the return to the field since August, when he played part of the Europa League preliminary against Randers. Then, it disappeared. And now that he’s back, he doesn’t look in great shape, as they point out on social media. “Do you remember when you couldn’t play without Arda Turan?” Asks one user. Probably, by now, not even the player himself remembers those times …