Ryan Kent faces a fight to get into the Fenerbahce squad after boss İsmail Kartal excluded the former Rangers winger from their recent Super Lig squad.It's been a hectic start to the season for the Turkish giants and Kent has featured regularly amid Europa Conference League qualifiers and domestic business.
But for the weekend's 1-0 win at with Ankaragucu, the Englishman, who left Rangers on a free transfer this summer was left out entirely, having been an unused substitute for the 1-0 success over FC Twente the Thursday prior.Kent also didn't get on the pitch during the league game closest to the Ankaragucu win, a 2-0 victory at Samsunspor.
Kartal has hinted at shock omissions in future and that Kent was victim of a fine balancing act. He told beIN Sport: "The match against Twente was very fast-paced.
We earned national points and got into the groups undefeated. We play a match every three days. Ankaragucu is a good team."Even if we could not prepare for them much, we told our players what they can do.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk