Oğuz Çetin placed in charge of Fenerbahçe football operations

Fenerbahçe, one of Istanbul's biggest clubs, placed Oğuz Çetin in charge of its football operations as Football Director. The role sits between the board, the head coach and the squad, and covers areas such as transfers, player relations and the running of the first team.

Çetin is a well-known figure at the club and in Turkish football, having played for Fenerbahçe and the national team. His return in an executive capacity was seen as an effort to bring someone with deep knowledge of the club into day-to-day sporting decisions.

The appointment mattered because the football director is usually the public face of sporting policy. When reports later claimed that Francesco Totti, the former Roma captain, would join Fenerbahçe in a football role, Çetin was already the person holding that responsibility. That is why the position is relevant to the club's denial of the Totti reports and to questions about how the sporting department is organised.