He was fired in Turkey, he was exhilarated in France! Damien Comolli storm… – Football News
Ali Koç, who won the election with the 20-year-old President Aziz Yıldırım in June 2018, almost won the election with 4 times more votes.
Fenerbahce’s boss, who received a huge support from the Yellow-Navy Blue community and excited the fans with his promises in the election process, is the first team club match like a professional. Accordingly, he appointed Damien Comolli as the sporting director of the first few teams.
Aries, Comolli and Cocu trio
Ali Koç placed Philipp Cocu, who worked for PSV Eindhoven for many years, in the coaching chair. Koç, Comolli and Cocu trio put Fenerbahçe community in a very serious mood with that election enthusiasm in the first place. The transfer process was also quite hectic.
The first season, 16 transfers, 26 million Euros!
At the beginning of 2018-2019, Canary joined the team of 16 people, including some imaginary leaders such as Barış Receiver, Berke Özer, Sadık Çiftpınar, Islam Slimani, Andre Ayew, Micheal Frey, Harun Tekin, Jailson, Diego Reyes and Yassine Benzia. For these transfers, Fenerbahce had a total of 26.14 million Euros.
Despite all these attempts and costs, Yellow-Navy Blue finished the second season 6th. However, until the 6th, he was almost dead, he died and was resurrected! Canary, which was in the lower ranks for most of the season, climbed to the top with the streaks in the last weeks.
Fan pressure expressed Yanal
However, his first staff, Ali Koç, and the team could not meet their expectations. On the way with Cocu in the 10th week, assistant Erwin Koeman remained in charge of the team. The Dutchman’s life in Fenerbahce lasted only 5 matches, then Ersun Yanal took the coaching seat with the pressure of the fans, but despite all this wind, things did not go as well as in the first season.
Ali Koç stood behind Comolli
At the end of the 2018-2019 season, although Ali Koç and Ersun Yanal were criticized, they continued to receive support from the fans, but the reactions to Damien Comolli, who played an important role in transfers, were growing like an avalanche. Despite this, the boss of the Yellow-Navy Blues stood behind the French sporting director, and in the 2019-2020 groups, it was made between the Koç, Comolli and Yanal trio.
44.5 million Euros for transfers that cannot exceed mediocre!
In 2019-2020, 14 transfers were made! Canary, where 16 reinforcements took place the previous season, drew attention with 14 transfers this time. A testimonial of 18.51 million Euros was paid that season for names such as Luiz Gustavo, Zanka, Adil Rami and Simon Falette, whose performances could not exceed the average, and were even criticized by the fans in terms of cost-performance. Thus, 44.55 million Euros were paid for the rental and testimonial fees, excluding salaries, who made 30 transfers in only two seasons!
Comolli in January, Yanal in March!
What was the result in 2019-2020? Frustration again… Comolli left on January 16, 2020, Ersun Yanal was sent on March 4, 2020. Canary finished that season 7th. Thus, Ali Koç’s storm that started with the election did not reflect on the field and the parliament, and there were serious disappointments in the Fenerbahçe community in two seasons. If we go back to the present day, there is a great support for President Ali Koç for his hard work. Even though he parted ways with Ersun Yanal, the coach he received, as the last champion coaches, has shown great love of the fans. But there are very few who can understand Comolli well at the moment. The French football man did not leave many positive impressions in Turkey.
He became president after 6 months!
Comolli, who was dismissed as sporting director in Fenerbahçe in January 2020, became the President of Toulouse in July 2020, just 6 months later. They will be excited for the new mission
Returned from the pole in the first season, made the champion in the second season
Comolli was also successful. Toulouse, which was taken in Ligue 2, entered the race for Ligue 1 in his first season, but lost in the Play-Off with away goals scored. The next settlement, Comolli’s Toulouse, reached the championship and showed the success of making it to Ligue 1.
Has promising stars
In this process, the Purple-Whites formed an ambitious team for the future. The French representative, who has an average age of 24.1, currently has players with very important potentials in his squad. Such as Zakaria Aboukhlal (22), Anthony Rouault (21), Branco van den Boomen (27), Warren Kamanzi (22), Stijn Spierings (26), Fares Chaibi (20), Veljko Birmancevic (24) and Rasmus Nicolaisen (25) Toulouse, which has players, is not expected to suffer economically in the coming period.
They took the king of the Polish League!
Having established a good foundation, the French aim to be a team that trains, earns money and competes. In this direction, Comolli’s Toulouse continues to make significant progress. Finally, the Mor-Whites, who added Said Hamulic, who was at the top with 9 goals in the Polish League’s top scorer race two days ago, paid 2.5 million Euros to Stal Mielec for the 22-year-old football player.
Earning recognition in France
It draws a very successful graphic to the work of Comolli, who was criticized for bad squad architecture and price / performance transfers in Fenerbahçe, and even cut the hair of the fans. Competing with teams with huge budgets like PSG, Toulouse is currently 12th in Ligue 1 with 23 points, but while creating a sustainable economy and club mentality for the future, Comolli is also highly appreciated in this regard.
The lion business doesn’t want the season to end
On the other hand, Branco van den Boomen, who showed a great performance in 41 matches, 12 goals and 23 assists last season and attracted the attention of Galatasaray with this game, entered Aslan’s transfer. Although the Yellow-Red team met with the French representative at the beginning of the season, there was no positive result from the agreements. The 27-year-old’s contract expires in June. By using this trump card, Aslan aims to add a very small amount of Dutch midfielder to his squad at halftime, and he continues negotiations with Comolli on this issue.
Negotiations continue with Comolli
It has been learned that the idea of leaving the transfer at the end of the season without testimonial is on the B plane for now. The Yellow-Red administration does not want other clubs to intervene for the player who will get his testimonial. Therefore, first of all, the target gives up on making an agreement with Comolli.
He had sent a message with FANATİK: ‘This transfer can be very nice!’
Captain Boomen, who was camping in Antalya between the World Cup and Toulouse, sent a message to Galatasaray via FANATİK. Speaking to Ömer Necati Albayrak from FANATİK, the star player said, “There is no offer yet. This transfer can be very good.”
Atalay Ozcelikli