{"id":8885,"date":"2010-10-21T15:10:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=8885"},"modified":"2010-10-21T17:10:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T14:10:28","slug":"gheorghe-hagi-appointed-as-new-manager-at-galatasaray-4564565","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/gheorghe-hagi-appointed-as-new-manager-at-galatasaray-4564565\/","title":{"rendered":"Gheorghe Hagi appointed as new manager at Galatasaray"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em; text-align: justify;\">Galatasaray have officially signed Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi as the clubs manager after the Turkish giants parted ways with Dutch manager Frank Rijkaard.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8890\" title=\"Gheorghe-Hagi-WTS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Gheorghe-Hagi-WTS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Gheorghe-Hagi-WTS.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Gheorghe-Hagi-WTS-165x220.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Gheorghe-Hagi-WTS-270x360.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Galatasaray\u2019s official website www.galatasaray.org had a huge image of Hagi in the front page saying \u201cGheorghe Hagi is at Galatasaray\u201d<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A statement at the official Galatasaray webpage wrote \u201cGheorghe Hagi has been appointed as the new Galatasaray A team manager along with Tugay Kerimo\u011flu as his assistant\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA ceremony will be organized at the press meeting room in the Florya Metin Oktay training ground on Friday 22 October at 15.30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the second time Gheorghe Hagi will be manager of the Istanbul club after his contract was terminated at the end of the 2004-2005 season due to the Romanian not being able to match the clubs demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the 2004-2005 season in which Hagi managed Galatasaray, he was able to steer his side into the 2005 Turkish Cup final and managed to win fierce rivals Fenerbah\u00e7e 5-1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legendary playmaker, Hagi was one of the masterminds of the Galatasaray team which won the UEFA Cup (UEFA Europa Cup) in 2000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hagi will be on an uphill mission with Galatasaray who are struggling in the Turkish Super League with two losses in the last two league games and with an Istanbul derby against rivals Fenerbah\u00e7e in the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Write your comments and thoughts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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