The offseason begins with a bang

By: Musab | June 3rd, 2009

Now that the season is finally over we can get to the dirty work of discussing what is to happen now. Today Bulent Korkmaz lost his position as manager of Galatasaray after less than half a season in charge. As I’ve stated before, the only reason why Bulent should be sacked is if we can get a top-class manager to take his place. When I say top-class I mean someone who’s actually won MULTIPLE trophies and understands what it’s like to manage a big-name club where the fans will demand nothing less than immediate success. Nothing less will do at this point.

Possible candidates? Bernd Schuster, Paul Le Guen, and Co Adriaanse are all viable targets and the Turkish media are yellnig up and down that Galatasaray are dealing with them as well as Juande Ramos and Gerard Houllier. My pick would be either Paul Le Guen or Juande Ramos.

Le Guen has trophies on his side as he was able to guide a strong Lyon side to consecutive titles. Our squad is hands down, man to man, the best squad of the Turkish league. Despite that we finished in 5th place. Le Guen will not have to actually spend too much money but if he can just manage this star-studded squad, he will be succesfull. Word has it that he’s asking for a hefty salary to come over.

We need someone who knows how to manage this club. Ramos is also a viable option. Ramos is known for instituting effective training regimens and making sure the footballers were following a healthy diet to ensure they wouldn’t be injured. This is what we need as well. I can’t remember a match last season where we were able to play our first choice squad.

Galatasaray also completed its first signing of the offseason as the 28 year old midfielder Mustafa Sarp comes over to us on a free transfer from Bursaspor. Mustafa Sarp was lauded as one of the best central midfielders in the league last season with his cool demeanor and his physical strength. And that’s exactly what this squad needs, a strongman to boss the midfield through sheer strength. Mehmet Topal and him would go good together says me.