Turkey โNational Team Goalkeeper Berke รzer dropped After unauthorized Departure
TBILISI, GEORGIA (Tuesday, 8:45 p.m.) – Turkey’sโข national football team will face Georgia without goalkeeper Berke รzer, after โthe Lille player leftโ the team camp following a recent match against Bulgaria withoutโ permission from โteamโ management. โฃThe Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has deemed รzer’s actions “unacceptable,” โreplacing him with Sinan Bolat for upcoming World Cupโค qualifying matches.
Theโ incident comes at a critical juncture for Turkey, currently second in Group E โ- three points behindโข Spain โฃ- in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, โMexico, and the USA. Havingโค not qualified for โthe tournament in many years, the team is striving to reach its peakโ in unity and solidarity, making รzer’s departure a notable disruption. The TFF released a statement emphasizing โขthe importance of discipline, respect, and team spirit, stating that representing โฃthe national team “surpasses everything else.”
รzer, recently valued โฃat 8 million euros in a French Ligue 1 market value update, earned his first capsโฃ for Turkey in summer friendlies โฃagainst the โฃUSA and Mexico. Prior to รzer’s recent appearances, Galatasaray’s Uฤurcan รakฤฑr had been โthe first-choice goalkeeper, with Beลiktaล’s mert Gรผnok as his backup.โข
“Our biggest dream is to qualify forโฃ the World Cup. We haven’t done it for many years,” said headโข coachโฃ Vincenzo Montella โขafter a 6-0 defeat โto Spain in September, followed by a crucial win against Bulgaria. “No matterโ what happens, we โคwill not give up our dream of the World Cup and our ambition to get there.”
