Fenerbahce coach Ismail Kartal resigns after Roma draw, but president insists he stays
Fenerbahce head coach Ismail Kartal tendered his resignation after his side were held to a draw by Roma in the Champions League. Club president Ali Koç publicly rejected the resignation, stating Kartal will continue as manager. The standoff highlights internal pressure at the Istanbul club despite their European campaign, with tension between the dugout and the boardroom coming into the open.
Read the full story at theguardian.comA public resignation-and-reversal is rarely a sign of harmony behind the scenes, and Fenerbahce's Champions League draw with Roma has exposed exactly that kind of friction. Ismail Kartal clearly felt the result warranted accountability, but Ali Koç's intervention to keep him in place leaves the manager in a weakened position, still in the job but having already aired doubts about it. For a club with title ambitions in Turkey and points to chase in Europe, this kind of institutional noise rarely stays contained for long — it tends to surface again the next time results dip.
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