Sercan Yıldırım Extends Contract With Bursaspor
News • Author: Mehmet Pozam • Thursday, July 2, 2009
Fenerbahçe's pursuit for Bursaspor goalscorer Sercan Yıldırım seems to have come to an end. The 19-year-old striker put pen to paper this week, as he extended his contract with the Green Crocs for a further year. Bursaspor has now secured Sercan Yıldırım's rights until the end of May 2012. Despite offers from top Premiership clubs, Bursaspor manager Ertuğrul Sağlam was known to be against his departure.
After almost one month of rumours, Fenerbahçe's pursuit for Bursaspor youngster Sercan Yıldırım has now officially come to an end. The 19-year-old striker extended his contract with the Green Crocs this week, prolonging his ties with the club for a further year.
Bursaspor star Sercan Yıldırım had a shining performance in the Turkcell Süper Lig last season and had attracted the attention of major Premiership sides like Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City. Fenerbahçe had also been bidding for the 19-year-old ever since the start of the summer transfer window.
NTVSpor reported on Wednesday that Bursaspor had increased Sercan's salary and had given his family a new house. 19-year-old Yıldırım talked to the TV network about his contract extension.
"Our chairman called me and offered me a contract extension. I accepted his offer and signed a new contract that runs until the end of 2012," Sercan told NTVSpor. Bursaspor president İbrahim Yazıcı had recently vetoed Sercan's transfer to any domestic club, but stated he would be open to negotiate a transfer abroad.
Green Crocs manager Ertuğrul Sağlam had also stated that he was against Sercan Yıldırım's departure.





Comments (59)
Sercan should stay at Bursa atleast until 21.
hamit, nuri, gokhan inler, mesut ozil volkan sen, tuncay, ediz, eren,caner and next year sercan. We dont need foreigners.
If fenerbahce buys foreigners please buy ronaldinho with van nistelrooy and shevchenko :D
he just ruined his career. another dumb turk
Aurelio De Santos Gomes
Figuan Moreno Flamengo Carlos
Deivid Pablo Escobar Rafaelo Donatello
Jabranelo Mareilos
Coach: Eduardo Carlota Di Stefano de Mercedes
What does everyone think?
--------------Aurelio De Santos Gomes--------------------
-------Figuan------Moreno-----Flamengo-----Carlos--------
--------------Pablo Escobar-----Rafaelo------------------
-----Deivid--------------------------------Donatello---
------------------jabranelo----mareilos------------------
Coach: Eduardo Carlota Di Stefano de Mercedes
---------------------------volkan--------------------------
---------gokhan------onyewu---bilica-----carlos----------
-------------------------emre----------------------------
--------kazim---------------------------topuz----------
------------------------ozer----------------------------
--------------semih-------------guiza-------------------
------------------volkan-----------------
--Gokhan-----Onyewu----Bilica---Carlos---
-----------------Emre------------------
----Topuz--------------------Ozer or ugur
-----------------Alex-------------------
--------Semih--------------Guiza
i think the areas we need to work on are Left Back & a decent Stopper. LUCAS NEILL IS AVAILABLE ON A FREE TNSFR!
*As for Onyewu, he seems quality but I still thinks he needs to prove himself. Coming from Belgium to Fener is a big diff. He's a little like Kazim in his outlook on the game.
My two cents anyway..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly-jKmf7lKE&feature=fvst
this guy must have been the best player in the world at some time it shows amaizng shots penalties, assists,set pieces,tricks,all his goals this guy deserves a meda lat fenerbahce for evreything because think about at the time he was too good to be true evrey year someone must have wanted him but he kept faith and has stayed for the past 6 years now asmazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lANWW3R8YM
I still maintain Alex will hold a starting place in any of Europes larger teams.
-----------------------volkan----------------------------
-----gokhan-----onyewu-----bilica-------vargas-----------
--------------------r.carlos/emre------------------------
---------topuz/kazim------------------------deivid/ugur--
--------------------------alex/ozer----------------------
-----------------semih---------guiza/new striker---------
the players who are second after the dash can play the cup whilst the first before the dash play the league that way will be all fresh and will have stars all the way through and for europe we just throw all of them at them i dont care who but swap them for eachother in the second half fenerbahce are the best and polat your right i was being slefish about turkish stars and im sorry fpr that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzUoiRFiZ0c
Everything else looks ok though.
like gala did with Keita?
He effectively saved his career with this contract extension..
Look at Fenerbahces history of young talented players rising..
Ilhan? Gurhan? Burak? Servet?
All were ruined by Fenerbahce.
Servet was saved by Sivas and Galatasaray.
Every time a youngster denies Fenerbahce it should be considered a blessing by god.
Vassell was already such a shock.
Especially Trabzonspor and Kayserispor who have started to invest a lot more into football.
Gaziantep would be West Ham..so much potential but no actions.
oh btw,
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink is available for free.
I wouldn't mind seeing him in Turkey just for the commentator to struggle to say his name.
what do ya think?
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsportal.bg%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D182142%26c%3D44657&sl=bg&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1
*just the title is crazy at,not mad at(google translate :DDD)
Believe it or not, we're pretty f*cked next year if we don't do big transfers soon.
Besiktas brings in Metzelder and Ferrari. Together with Sivok and I.Toraman and the talented I.Koybasi they have a very solid defence. Not like last year. They also have keen on Saha/Pavlyuchenko and are close to bringing in Messi's old U-21 Argentinian teammate Diego Buanonotte (maybe a typo,weird name) and that kid is FIREEE.
Gala has just brought Keita in. Rijkaard thinks of playing 4-3-3 He will need to bring another foward and most likely a playmaker. If they bring in Babel they could be major force.
Sivasspor has signed some young talents, but what truely impressed me is that they signed Nigeria NT foward Omotoyossi. 23 y.o and extremly talented. The guy is a BEAST. Fener should have got him instead of trying Toni,Sercan etc
http://fotball.adressa.no/multimedia/archive/00062/razak-body_62235e.jpg
Thats how I feel anyway.
Besides, theres no reason to make a powerhouse team at the moment. Fenerbahce need a team to do well in Europa League (Atleast round of 16) and a team that can win super league.
When we're in champions league it will attract more players.
The reason why Besiktas and Galatasaray are signing big names is because BJK is in Champions league group stage with a capable manager and GS has Frank Riijkard.
i will say it again!-last year Kazim spent his whole season on the bench and that was a mistake,cz we all know him-he is a future star,but we also know how he was smacked on the bench by DeDe...We have the stars by our side,where are we lookin at?:D
Anyway i think that the board made excellent moves so far,i believe that it will continue!
GO YILDIRIM!
just a video of what a great carrer alex de souza had with fenerbahce, he is a true fenerbahce legend, even though you might/could be leaving in the next couple of years you will not be forgotten and you are my favourite fenerbahce player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wT7PaW2HME
i doubt you could make a better video though :P That guy makes pretty awesome videos. Not part of the site though..has his own fenerbahce site.