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‘MY TURKISH DREAM TURNED SOUR AFTER CHAMPIONS BOW’

BIG INTERVIEW: JEM KARACAN

By Chris Dunlavy
DROPPED. Ostracised. Bombed. Jem Karacan holds few fond memories of playing for Galatasaray.
One, though stands out: his debut against Eskisehirspor at a seething, smoke-wreathed Ataturk, full of noise, colour and, as it transpired, misplaced optimism.
“The team hadn’t been doing great,” recalls the former Reading midfielder, who has just signed a short-term deal with Bolton after 18 tumultuous months in Turkey.
“I came in, played 90 minutes, did really well. We won the game 4-0 and I thought ‘Right, this could be ...

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