Fenerbahçe Announce Transfer of Senegalese Star Issiar Dia
News • Author: Nathan Redd • Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Fenerbahçe coach Aykut Kocaman stated recently that the team wasn't done with transfers, and apparently he was correct. The club issued a statement late Tuesday night saying they have agreed to terms with Senegalese star Issiar Dia. The striker joins the team from French outfit AS Nancy-Lorraine on a four-year deal with Fenerbahçe.
Fenerbahçe issued a statement close to midnight Tuesday evening, announcing that the team has transferred Issiar Dia. The 23-year-old striker has been with French side AS Nancy-Lorraine since 2006, coming over from Amiens SC.
According to Fenerbahçe, the club has signed Dia on a four-year deal. The French-born footballer of Senegalese heritage has been a member of the Senegal National Team since 2008. Dia started his international career with the French U-21 team before making the decision to play for Senegal.
Issiar Dia was linked with moves to Wolfsburg and Stuttgart of Germany, Stoke City of England, as well as Monaco and French sides Bordeaux and Olympique Marseille recently. According to Fenerbahçe TV, Fener Vice-President Murat Özaydınlı has stated that Dia will join the Canaries' camp this weekend.
Fenerbahçe Worldwide welcomes Issiar Dia to the Yellow Canaries' family.
Comments (44)
Damn, Bilica is gonna make me break some more pots again!!! :)
Fener needs another forward, and that transfer is gonna come believe me.
My guess is, maybe another good young defender with heaps of potential????
Aziz Yildirim promised 3 world stars, so far we haven't transferd one.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ylw3_issiar-dia_sport
Anyways, Polat took the words out of my mouth. Good transfer in my opinion. We'll see how it turns out...
Pretty fast and exciting on PES 2010 though ;)
I think we'll sign another Turkish player as well as that is being strongly hinted too.
As for Dia. I've never heard of him to be honest. Seems to be a risky transfer, he will either light up the league with his pace and dribbling or fail horribly :/
If he's a winger/striker it seems logical that Deivid is done here. Younger, faster, more explosive version of him? One could hope.
A player becomes amazing when he plays amazing football. When a player plays amazing football it garners him international attention. Arda Turan is the same age and plays in a league that gathers next to no international attention. Yet most people know he is amazing. This guy it seems, no one has heard of him since fener signed him. If he was really that great someone would of heard of him.
Maybe he turns out to be a good player, but with all the rumours and claims, this transfer is nothing special. And it seems more logical and sane to claim that he isnt an amazing player going by these facts. Why would you call him an amazing player because Fener signed him and the international football world somehow missed out on him?
And talking of messi, as a teenager his playing gathered attention and he signed for barcelona. If your that good, you are spotted sooner rather then later.
----volkan
gonul-----lugano----bilica-----santos
---------topuz----emre---------------
issiar dia----------------------stoch
----------alex
-------------------kazim
First off if anyone is posting like a child it's how you responded, not my post. Second you still missed my whole point. A player is not good or bad because you have or haven't heard of them. They might be in a current team that they do not fit in well, or the team sucks, and therefore only score 1 out of 10 as you mentioned.
That's why Messi and Rooney didn't score at the world cup, because the teams they play on, Barca and MU, are way better than their national teams. Same thing with Eto'o going to Inter. Barca is way better and Inter couldn't set him up enough and give him many chances to score. Different style, different players, different everything.
And oh yeah, one last thing I'll note is that I HAVE heard of Dia before, saw him in some highlights about a year and a half ago, so I guess he's really good now right...
Link to goal.com announcement. Though this was posted before the transfer was complete.
I really hope he'll do good at Fener but I'm really pessimistic.
A 23 year old, fast African striker. Isn't that what you were all begging for?
I GET SO PISSED!
Now we got Stoch and Dia as wingers. Both are fast and with great technique.
What this team needs now is CB and striker.
I would definitely prefer a guy like Santa Cruz, who is still young and would be a lot cheaper.