Fenerbahçe have reached an agreement with Sergio Conceição.
İsmail Kartal leaves, Fenerbahçe appoints a Portuguese manager, then eventually sacks him and brings İsmail Kartal back. If this keeps going, İsmail Kartal will probably be back in charge next season. Jokes aside, I hope they finally stop having problems with the managerial position and find someone who can lead the team properly over the long term. Hopefully, he will be the right person for the job.
In the 90s, there were mostly German managers in Türkiye. By the 2000s, Italian and Portuguese managers began to feature more prominently.
Looking at the global landscape, the most successful teams are almost always led by Spanish managers. There is something peculiar about the situation in our country, though I haven't quite figured out what it is.
What kind of success did Conceição achieve previously to land the manager's job at Fenerbahçe?
The footballing mindset in Türkiye just never seems to change. I don't believe he will be successful. There will be an election at Fenerbahçe in May 2027; President Aziz will be stepping down. Will the incoming board choose to work with Conceição? That will depend on the success he achieves.