Fenerbahçe SK Football Formation

Lineup (4-3-3)

Akyüz · Eğribayat · Günok · E.Ortakaya · Y.Özcan · Çağlar · Djiku · Becao · L.Mercan · Müldür · S.Özcan · Oosterwolde · Kadioğlu · İ.Yüksek · S.Uçan · E.Elmas · Yandaş · Fred · Gündoğan · Martial · O.Aydin · Ünder · Onuachu · S.Mané · Kahveci · Batshuayi

Manager:
Zidane or Mourinho (no other coach is suitable)

* Maximum 12 foreign players allowed for this season, and max. 11 for the next season, so I've tried to put Turkish players as much as possible.

- Günok has 1 year left @Beşiktaş so we can sell Livakovic and sign Günok.
- We can renew M. Hakan Yandaş for 1 year and we can sign Salih Uçan, who is free agent.
- Günok and Uçan also meet the requirement to have players from your own academy.
- At NR6/CDM, İsmail Yüksek can be supported with Salih Özcan, so we don't have to worry about subbing foreign players with Turkish players.

* As the importance of Turkish players will increase in the upcoming years:
- We should sign young talents like Levent Mercan, Yasin Özcan and Oğuz Aydın.
- Emir Ortakaya, who was on loan, can stay and be a part of the main squad starting from this season. He also meets the requirement to have players from your own academy.

* It's important to have lots of versatile players on bench, as we will seek success in 3 leagues (TSL, TC and CL):

Yasin Özcan can play CB and LB
Levent Mercan can play LB and LW
Eljif Elmas can play 8, 10 and LW
Salih Uçan can play 6 and 8
Anthony Martial can play LW, RW and ST
Oğuz Aydın can play RW and LW
Alexander Djiku can play CB and 6
Sadio Mané can play LW and ST
İrfan Can Kahveci can play RW, 10 and 8

* Samet Akaydın, Emre Mor and Umut Nayir can be used in player swap when we buy Turkish players.

*If we want to have at least 1 Turkish striker, we can keep Umut Nayir as last sub, or we can buy Cenk Tosun who is free agent. If we have money to spend, we can buy Muriqi who has Turkish citizenship.

* If we think that we should have 1 more experienced CB, instead of having 2 youngsters, we can buy Hermoso or Varane who are free agent.

* All other foreign players can be sold or their contracts can be terminated.

* Dzeko and Tadic are too old and they have started losing their dynamism so it's smart to sell them now, as they still have reputation on the market.

* Szymanski will bring money to source the transfers.

* It's important to have LWF's like Sadio Mané and Martial who can dribble/run inside and shoot with right foot. Tadic is left footed so he is not a shooting threat.

* We have Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Jayden Oosterwolde, Osayi-Samuel and Mert Müldür in our WB rotation. But Ferdi plays LB with right foot and Oosterwolde, who is on foreign player status should either stay on bench or play on CB. But by selling Osayi-Samuel and buying Levent Mercan, Ferdi can move to right back so he doesn't have to play as a left back with right foot anymore. In this scenario, we will have 2 LB's with left foot and 2 right backs with right foot. So we can attack through wings symmetrically.

* No need for a NR10 (offensive midfielder/second striker) as they are efficient anymore in modern game, because they don't contribute to pressing and defending. If we still want a NR10, we can keep Szymanski, as he can press and contributes to defence. Eljif Elmas is a similar player. Players like Talisca and Dybala, who are gossiped about in the press; don't meet this modern midfielder stereotype.

* Offensive passing maestro like Gündoğan will be a great addition. Using Eljif Elmas and/or İrfan Can Kahveci as 8 might be effective at times, as they are dynamic and quick dribblers. If passing game doesn't apply to certain scenarios, we can use their technical abilities.

* I have left 2-3 spots for foreign players, in case there are foreign players that our manager wants to buy or our scout department recommends to buy.