TURKISH DELIGHTS

DANNY RUST takes a look at how Turkey is snapping up some of football’s big names...

Mario Go mezRobin Van PersieNaniDemba BaTURKISH football has attracted some of football’s biggest strikers in recent years, and this year a new wave of successful frontmen moved to Istanbul and the Super Lig.Samuel Eto’o, 34, Robin van Persie, 32, and Mario Gomez, 30, moved to Turkey’s Super Lig in the summer and the trio were a real coup for Turkish football. They have all been the leading scorers over a domestic season in either England, Spain or Germany.Nani, the former ...

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