Overview
- On Friday, Guardiola’s agent told Spanish paper AS that “Pep will not coach any club or national team this season,” directly contradicting Turkish reports of talks with Trabzonspor.
- Turkish outlets had said the Super Lig club offered Guardiola about €13 million per year as part of an aggressive bid to replace departed coach Fatih Tekke.
- Mohamed Salah has started the season strongly for Trabzonspor, scoring four goals and adding an assist in his first three league starts since his summer move from Liverpool.
- Trabzonspor’s Europa League qualifying campaign ended in a 5-0 aggregate defeat to Ferencvaros, a result that prompted Tekke’s on-air resignation and led to Huseyin Cimsir being named interim coach.
- The club must convert heavy summer investment and Salah’s form into sustained results to challenge Galatasaray’s run of league titles and to justify the financial and reputational pressure from their failed European campaign.