#fenerbahce

#fenerbahce

It is not easy to analyze a team that has just changed its coach. The system changes, but the players do not. We looked at the players and their individual performances in the last two days. Each player has a certain template, they can't change it. We focused on this kind of analysis.

Cherif had emerged as a leading candidate to strengthen Palace's attacking options, with head coach Oliver Glasner keen to secure a reliable replacement for Jean-Philippe Mateta. Palace were understood to have made significant progress, including reaching an agreement on personal terms with the Angers striker. However, the Premier League side have now been beaten to the deal by Fenerbahce, who moved decisively to wrap up negotiations.

Kim Min-jae's Bayern Munich tenure appears to be heading to its end. The stalwart center-back arrived as a Serie A defender of the year, settling into an XI that made ballyhooed transfer Matthijs de Ligt expendable. But after just two seasons, the Bavarians went and signed Jonathan Tah on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen, and now it is Kim who finds himself surplus to requirements.

According to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, Ange Postecoglou has emerged as a managerial option for two major European clubs currently in search of a new head coach, Bayer Leverkusen and Fenerbahce. The former Tottenham Hotspur boss is being seriously considered as both clubs assess their future plans. Romano reports that Postecoglou's name has been discussed internally by decision-makers at both Leverkusen and Fenerbahce, with the Australian coach viewed as a candidate who could bring structure, attacking football.

Rangers crashed out of the Champions League after an embarrassing 6-0 defeat to Club Brugge in the second leg of their play-off qualifier, losing 9-1 on aggregate. Russell Martin's side already had a mountain to climb after a 3-1 loss in the first leg, but Max Aarons' eighth-minute red card ended their hopes of qualifying for the tournament proper. Nicolo Tresoldi ended any early home nerves when he sent a diving header past Jack Butland five minutes in,

Fenerbahce were unable to capitalise on Florentino's second-half red card as they played out a goalless draw with Benfica in the first leg of their Champions League play-off. Florentino was dismissed in the 71st minute for an accumulation of two yellow cards in the space of 138 seconds, but Benfica held firm in his absence in Istanbul. It leaves the tie finely poised heading into the second leg, which takes place next Wednesday in Lisbon.