Theo Weeks in Transfer Triangle, while Tonia Tisdell moves to Şanlıurfaspor

By Reporter

Reports emanating out of Turkey have it that Liberian international midfielder Theo Weeks is locked in at transfer triangle between Göztepe, Manisaspor, and Şanlıurfaspor. According to the reports, the player current club Göztepe has agreed to a transfer to newly promoted Turkish Bank Asya League 1 rival Şanlıurfaspor, but the stalemate is over Manisaspor insistence that the player had already signed a preliminary two-year contract with them.

Meanwhile Tonia Tisdell has joined Şanlıurfaspor after his employer, Ankaraspor, failed to secure reinstatement to the Turkish second tier. It can be recalled that for the last two months uncertainty hung Tisdell future when it was unclear Ankaraspor could stage a successful comeback to Turkish football.

In 2009 Ankaraspor was demoted from the Turkish Super League over its unsportsmanlike incident with Ankaragücü, which was ruled as “contrary to sporting competitiveness”. And in 2010 it was expelled from the Turkish Football League system after refusal to accept the relegation penalty.

If Theo Weeks transfer to Şanlıurfaspor is successful, he will once again linkup with fellow compatriot, Tisdell. Last season the pair played together in the Turkish Super League for Ankaragücü, but terminated their contracts over the club’s failure to meet its financial commitment to players. Weeks joined the Turkish second tier club Göztepe for the rest of the season, while Tisdell moved to the Super League side Mersin İdman Yurdu.