02/08/2026Barış Alper Yilmaz holds off Mark McKenzie of USA at the World Cup last month (Photo by Fran Santiago/Getty Images) Barış Alper Yilmaz holds off Mark McKenzie of USA at the World Cup last monthEarly August and the tantalisingly irritating rattle of the transfer window continues unabated: Who's next? If Yilmaz signs, Alan called it; if he stays in Istanbul or joins Monaco, well, Alan did warn us he wasn't sure "how big the interest was." The Turkish Transfer Circus: We have been down this road a dozen times before. The Süper Lig to Premier League pipeline is littered with cautionary tales, yet every window we act like we’ve discovered the next Ribéry. This compilation highlights his direct running style and pace, which could explain why his agent is using Premier League links to inflate his market value.