Saint Johnstone FC of Scotland manager Callum Davidson has described the Europa League encounter with Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray as a ‘huge’ clash.

The two teams, Saint Johnstone and Galatasaray, were drawn together in the third qualifying round tie as far as the Europa League is concerned. The two teams played out a 1-1 draw when they met in Turkey last week. The Saints were impressive in the first leg clash played in Istanbul.

Saint Johnstone have a good chance of winning the tie. A win in the second leg at McDiarmid Park would guarantee Davidson and Saint Johnstone a place in the next round of the competition.

Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray have been handed a tough test at the start of their Champions League campaign after the draw for the second qualifying round was made in Nyon, Switzerland on Wednesday.

Galatasaray will have to see off the challenge of Dutch team PSV Eindhoven if they want to qualify for the group stage of the competition for this season. Both PSV Eindhoven and Galatasaray finished second in their respective leagues to book their place in the second qualifying round of the 2021/22 Champions League season.

PSV Eindhoven and Galatasaray are two of the six teams in the league section of the second qualifying round. FC Midtjylland of Denmark, Scottish Premiership giants Celtic, Rapid Vienna of Austria and Czech team Sparta Prague are the other four teams in the league route. Celtic have been drawn with FC Midtjylland, while Rapid Vienna will face Sparta Prague.

Moroccan international attacking midfielder Younes Belhanda has signed for newly promoted team Adana Demirspor in the Turkish Super League.

The former Montpellier star was unveiled as the new player for Adana Demirspor earlier this week. He has signed for the new Turkish top flight team on a free transfer after leaving Galatasaray. Moroccan national team player Belhanda has penned a three-year deal at Adana Demirspor until the summer of 2024.

Adana Demirspor secured promotion to the Turkish Super League at the end of last season and the immediate target for the newcomers is to stay in the division with quality players like former Galatasaray attacking midfielder Belhanda.

Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray are reportedly keen to sign Brazilian international player Felipe Anderson when the summer's transfer window reopens in the coming weeks.

The news of the interest of Galatasaray in the West Ham United loanee was revealed by football journalist Pedro Almeida. According to him, Galatasaray have made an initial contact with the Hammers over the possibility of signing their player.

Anderson has not been at West Ham United for the entire duration of this season as he was farmed out on loan to Portuguese club football giants FC Porto last summer.

The Brazilian attacker was at Lazio in the Italian Serie A before West Ham paid £41.5m to secure his signing in the summer of 2018 including add-ons and he went on to produce a good debut season for the Hammers.

West Ham United and Newcastle United are reportedly interested in signing Mario Lemina this summer. This is according to the publication from The Guardian which revealed that the two Premier League clubs want to sign the Southampton loanee.

The report said that the two clubs have already contacted the agent of the 27-year-old Gabonese international over a potential move this summer. Lemina is on loan at Fulham from parent club Southampton for the entire duration of this season having joined the Cottagers last summer.

Lemina was on loan at Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray last season. He was in the Galatasaray squad that lost the league title to Istanbul Basaksehir. Galatasaray are in the running for the Turkish Super League title this season alongside fierce rivals Fenerbahce and Beskitas.

Galatasaray have suffered a major blow in their bid to win the league title after they were forced to a disappointing 1-1 at home to Faith Karagumuruk. Galatasaray needed to win the matchday 34 clash to significantly close the gap on league leaders Beskitas.

Beskitas started the weekend with a four-point lead over Fenerbahce in second place, while Galatasaray were two points further back in third place.

It must be pointed out that Beskitas have an outstanding game over the other two major title challengers thus making them the overwhelming favourites ahead of the final set of games in the Turkish top flight this season.

Egyptian striker Mostafa Mohamed was an absentee for Turkish Super Lig giants Galatasaray again in the league encounter with Trabzonspor on Wednesday. The Zamalek loanee missed out for the second game in a row as Galatasaray and Trabzonspor played out a 1-1 draw. Mostafa Mohamed is on loan at Galatasaray from Zamalek.

Mohamed joined Galatasaray on loan during the winter transfer window in January.

He began his career in the Turkish top flight with six goals in his first six league and cup games before the goals dried up. The Egyptian player has not scored for Galatasaray since he was the recipient of two goals against Erzurumspor two months ago (in February).

Premier League outfit Newcastle United want to sign Fenerbahce defender Attila Szalai in the summer. This is according to the various reports emanating from the Turkish media.

Last week, Turkish newspaper Takvim credited the Magpies with an interest in the 23-year-old Fenerbahce centre back. Another Turkish media outlet Blikk disclosed that other teams like Aston Villa, Napoli and Lazio are also keen on signing the defender.

The report from Blikk also revealed that Super Lig giants Fenerbahce have slapped the asking price of €25m on the Hungarian centre back. The fee would make him the most expensive player in the history of Hungarian football.

Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray are reportedly keen on signing Crystal Palace defender Patrick Van Aanholt on a free transfer this summer. The Daily Mail claimed that the club has already offered the Palace left-back a contract in the bid to snap him up ahead of other interested clubs like Arsenal.

The Gunners have been interested in the Dutch player since the exit of SeadKolasinac at the start of the January transfer window.

Leeds United defender Ezgjan Alioski is reportedly closing in on a move to Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray. This is according to the report from the stables of Turkish media outfit Milliyet.

It was revealed that the Leeds United player has turned down the offer of a new contract at the club and that the North Macedonia international is set to sign for Galatasaray. English journalist Graham Smyth didn’t corroborate the report from Milliyet as he said that Alioski is not on his way out of Leeds United in the summer as far as he knows.