Overview
- Multiple Turkish media outlets say Sergen Yalcin has agreed to become Turkey’s head coach and that the Turkish Football Federation will likely confirm the move after a board meeting.
- Yalcin would replace Vincenzo Montella, who was dismissed in early October after Turkey’s World Cup group exit and four successive Nations League defeats.
- The federation prioritized a Turkish coach after two recent foreign managers, and Yalcin emerged after top choices Arda Turan declined because of his Shakhtar Donetsk contract and Abdullah Avci was unavailable.
- Yalcin is a former international and Besiktas legend who led Besiktas to the 2020/21 domestic double, resigned from the club in May 2026, and has been without a club since.
- If confirmed, Yalcin’s first fixtures would be Nations League games against Belgium at home and France away in November, matches that come with likely relegation from League A and pressure to stabilize young players such as Arda Güler and Kenan Yildiz.