25,000 Fenerbahce members have turned as much as the membership’s dwelling stadium in an effort to vote on their Turkish Tremendous Lig future.
Final month, hierarchy of the 19-time champions stated they have been contemplating a transfer to a different European league after a mass brawl ensued following their match with Trabzonspor.
Fenerbahce gained the sport 3-2 however followers and gamers then attacked members of Ismail Kartal’s squad as they tried to go away the pitch.
With tensions nonetheless boiling over, some 25,000 members gathered contained in the Sukru Sarakoglu Stadium on Tuesday to have their say on how they’d the membership to proceed.
Most are anticipated to need to go away the Turkish high flight, with a transfer to Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, France and Italy all touted as doable choices.
No choice has but been reached with Turkey’s official governing physique and it stays to be seen whether or not leaving the league halfway by the season could be sanctioned.
The Athletic lately reported how the incident on the finish of the Trabzonspor conflict – which got here after missiles additionally struck a number of Fenerbahce gamers throughout the sport – was the ultimate straw for the Turkish facet, who imagine they’ve obtained unfair therapy from authorities for years.
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“We’ll create our personal future, we’ll be relegated to a decrease league, if vital,” Fenerbahce President Ali Koc stated at a press convention final month
“We’ll die as soon as as an alternative of dying day by day. If vital, we’ll play [in the First Division] for a 12 months and win promotion once more.
“If you happen to deal with us like a pariah membership on this nation, and I say this to the state, to the TFF [Turkish Football Federation], to the media, now we have to resolve our personal future.
“This isn’t some form of blackmail or risk,” he added.
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