Turkey is preparing for a battle of three horses for the champion title

2023-09-07 15:30 © Galatasaray

In the Turkish priority league ("Super Lig"), a serious battle for the champions' title may unfold.

Undoubtedly, the main favorites are the reigning champions of last season, the "Galatasaray" club, who have significantly strengthened in the transfer window.

This summer, "Galatasaray" added players such as Tete, Wilfried Zaha, Hakim Ziyech (all for free), Cedric Bakambu, Mauro Icardi, Davinson Sanchez, Tanguy Ndombele, Angelino, Kerem Demirbay, and Kaan Ayhan for just 30 million euros.

Vilnius' "Žalgiris," the club that advanced in the Champions League qualifiers, has opened the doors of the strongest football tournament on the Old Continent—it will also be a challenge to defend the title of the Turkish champion's league. After 3 rounds in the local league, the Istanbul club has 7 points and is in 3rd place.

In first place with 9 points is another Istanbul club— "Fenerbahce." The Turkish vice-champions this summer attracted Cengiz Under, who returned to his homeland. Among other significant transfers are Fred, Sebastian Szymanski, Dominik Livakovic, Rodrigo Becao, Mert Mulder, Ryan Kent, Dusan Tadic, and Edin Dzeko. "Fener" will play in the Conference League. They spent 57 million euros in the summer transfer window.

The third serious candidate is Istanbul's "Besiktas." They lost Nathan Redmond, Romain Saiss, and Georges-Kevin N'Koudou during the off-season but kept Vincent Aboubakar.

Ante Rebic, Eric Bailly, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Daniel Amartey, Arthur Masuaku, Milot Rashica, and Kazakhstani defender Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov strengthened the team after the exit of the Cameroon forward. With a budget of 14.5 million, a very good job was done in the transfer market. After 3 matches, they have 7 points and are in 4th place.

"Trabzonspor," "Konyaspor," and "Adana DS" teams will also try to challenge the giants of Istanbul.

Having become Turkish champions once in the last five years, "Basaksehir" currently has no points after 3 matches and occupies almost the last place. Currently in the relegation zone are also the clubs "Gaziantep," "Samsunspor," and "Ankaragucu." In 16th place is the "Istanbulspor" club represented by Modestas Vorobjovas.

🇨🇮 Zaha
🇪🇸 Angelino
🇹🇷 Dervisoglu
🇨🇩 Bakambu
🇹🇷 Ayhan
🇩🇪 Demirbay
🇦🇷 Icardi
🇲🇦 Ziyech
🇫🇷 Ndombele
🇨🇴 Davinson Sanchez

What a transfer window, Galatasaray is now ready for the UCL. pic.twitter.com/N0aGTZu1bN

— Janty (@CFC_Janty) September 5, 2023