In other footballing news, you may remember our erstwhile defender Kamil Zayatte – whichever team you support, chances are he's scored an own goal in your favour when we've met in the past.
Anyway, he left the club at the end of last week after we agreed to terminate his contract. There was a (publicly) undisclosed family problem that required him to return to France, the indication seemed to be that there was a serious illness involving a close family member, and his presence was needed by his stricken relation. As such, he was allowed to leave the club and return home.
So imagine our surprise when it turned out he's just signed for Turkish strugglers Konyaspor – he's even got a shirt and a couple of fancy flags all sorted out.
Hmm... clearly that seriously ill relative got better very quickly.
On the plus side, his considerable wage is no longer our responsibility and we also took the sensible precaution of – although his contract was terminated – holding onto his playing registration, so Konyaspor will be paying us a fee for acquiring the defender's services.
For his part, Zayatte says about moving to his new club...
'Konyaspor'da, Türkiye'nin en iyi 18 takımından biri. Bizim amacımız Konyaspor'un başarılı olmasına katkıda bulunmak. En kısa sürede forma giyerek buna bende destek vermek istiyorum. Konyaspor'u Türk futbolunda adından daha fazla söz edilen kulüplerden biri haline getirmek istiyoruz.'
Pah. There are only 18 teams in the Turkish top flight anyway Kamil.
