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Widely reported in Turkish sports media too though. Edit: Nevermind, they are referring to Guardian too (and the Sun).

Before stating my opinion, I'm a lifelong Beşiktaş fan (and Everton fan since 2009). Cenk is not a bad player by any means but claiming his skills are no less than Lacazette is a bit exaggeration in my opinion. I wouldn't compare the two. Cenk is slower and his finishing rate is not very...

Exactly, he was 20 years old or so when he came to Turkey. So you may expect great work ethic if nothing else (unlike the rest of us fellow Turks...)

Yep, I think he was exactly 20 when he joined a Turkish club from E.Frankfurt. Fair point, also considering the fact that he curses in Turkish during the games :D

It's like how you pronounce "gender" or "general" (if that makes sense)

They became the players they are today in Germany via German way of training/youth development. If they were schooled in Turkey they would be lucky to be 10% of what they are today seriously. Nationality tells very little part of the story.

You can find all goals he has scored in previous 2.5 in the below link from reddit: Should get you in the mood :)

Tugay Kerimoglu was rated pretty highly by Blackburn Rovers fans if I'm not mistaken. That being said, Turkish players generally find it hard to adjust the pace and intensity of the PL.

coleman, oh wow.

baines styling

we need to convert these chances into goals before half time

we are playing better than I expected

may I kindly request a link in my inbox please? hard to follow matches from where I live :/

haha best post in the thread.

can someone pm me a link please?