On Saturday morning 28th of January, the Fenerbahce manager issued an ultimatum to his players "if you don't pull your weight you are out the door". That seemed to do the job as they beat A.S Roma 1-0 on Sunday. After their next result it seemed the players didn't think that Bruin would go ahead and keep his word about the ultimatum, because when Thursday night arrived, GAME NIGHT, playing Newcastle who were bottom of the league, the result was embarrassing to say the least (no disrespect to Norman) and they were beaten 4-1 at home.
Now as we sit on the 5th of February, just a week after Bruin issued his ultimatum, no less than 7 players have been shown the door. These include, Gonul, Arana, Perrin, Schennikov, Bernard, Coqulin and Praet.
With 7 players leaving, the Fenerbahce fans were nervous to say the least as they were all wondering who would be coming in. Bruin was surely going to bring players in, was he? Soon after Bruin appeased fans and issued a statement saying that "the chairman and I have been working tirelessly day and night to bring the right players in to do the job, players that actually want to play for the shirt and wear it with pride and therefore I can confirm that we have agreed deals for the following players... Ricardo Van Rhijn from Shakhtar, Oscar Duarte from Sunderland, Romain Thomas from Stoke. Bastian Oczipka from Sunderland and our most exciting one for our fans, Erik Lamela from Southampton.
We wish all our new players the very best of luck.
Bruin
The board gave the manager its full confidence and support which will all know what the really means :)
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