Zaha to Galatasaray

And not equivalent to Saudi, as said CL football will be in easy reach and I doubt the salary he is making in Turkey is significantly better than he’d make in England or Europe tbh.

comment by Vorsprung durch Tuchel (U1641)
posted 56 seconds ago
I kind of get it. They are in CL and are lowkey building a pretty decent team with players like Zaniolo, Angelino, Icardi, Mertens and now Zaha.
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Gala aint in the champ league, they have the qualifiers and in recent years they have really struggled to get through them.

We played them (rangers) last year in the 2nd champ league qual round and we were pretty comfortable against them.

He's quite a devote christian isn't he? Maybe he feels Saudi Arabia isn't for him. Obviously Turkey is also a muslim country but Istanbul seems far more western, CL football must also be a big pull and do clubs in Italy, Spain etc for his level offer that much more in wages compared to the big clubs in Turkey?

He’ll fail a medical anyway. Something to do with his teeths.

Istanbul is a superb city to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there.

Some posters on here would certainly have their morals put to the test.

Unless their culture has changed since I was there in 95.

To honest on a free transfer I'd not have been unhappy to see him come to us - he's played up front plenty of times and is actually pretty good with his back to goal as well so might have been decent cover to someone like Hojlund.

Maybe he just fancies a total change of scenery in an easier league.

After the disaster of his last transfer to us I can't imagine he has any desire to return.

Surprised Newcastle didn't come in for him. Seemed like a good fit, He would help them expand and elevate their squad without FFP issues, they could afford his wages, and they have CL football.

That’s a very odd choice for Zaha… there’s gotta be more to the story.
Something has happened in the world of football, to destabilise the Premier League..
The Prem league is still the strongest/best league out there, but, those heady days may be coming to an end.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 22 hours, 24 minutes ago
Istanbul is a superb city to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there.

Some posters on here would certainly have their morals put to the test.

Unless their culture has changed since I was there in 95.
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I don't understand this argument about "morals" if you're alluding that western morals are > islamic morals.

You can't drink, have s3x outside marriage, it is mandatory to donate percentage of your wealth to charity, have to pray, believe in God, be kind to your parents and not lie or backbite and should not deal in interest (monetary) so it is MORE moral than hedonistic western values (nowadays) to me.

The homosexuality rules are the same as those written in the Torah and the Bible so it is the same belief. Ten commandments etc.

Just that as the years have gone by "Judeo/Christian" values seem to have become lost and turned on their head to what they were originally.

That's my take on it.