Cenk Gönen signed for Málaga in the summer of 2017, a Turkish goalkeeper absolutely unknown in Spain. The story is the following. The club decided to dispense with Kameni, despite the fact that he had a contract in force, because his record was considered very high and Michel, then coach, preferred Roberto, who came on loan from Espanyol.
To make the exit of the Cameroonian goalkeeper viable (who did not want to leave), the Fenerbahçe of Istanbul was sought, who would assume his salary. The negotiations, channeled through the representative of rigor, had a Toll; in exchange for taking out Kameni, another goalkeeper had to be placed in La Rosaleda. Y por vino Cenk Gonen.
Cengo, as this peculiar goalkeeper was known, had played just two games in five years due to injuries. But the Malaga, who was unfortunately presiding over Mr. Al Thani, did not care. And on top of that, 200,000 euros had to be paid to Galatasatay. To sum it up: Malaga got it right,
From minute one it was seen that this goalkeeper was solemnly bad. Malaga was in the preseason in the Netherlands and Cengo was pure nonsense. So much so that Míchel, then coach, chose to stop the loan of Andrés Prieto, originally signed for the subsidiary, to remain as second goalkeeper.
On July 26 of that year the Ottoman participated in the second half against AZ. In 15 embarrassing minutes he conceded three verbena goals. History repeated itself three days later against Borussia Monchenglasbach. Malaga was winning 0-1. Cengo came out and conceded two stupid goals between minutes 79 and 82.
His third friendly was in Granada and here he started as a starter. At 56 ‘he scored one of the stupidest goals of all time when trying to get a ball with his hand … he put it inside. Three minutes later it was changed.
From that moment, Málaga did everything possible to get rid of him. But no club in the world wanted such a package. The only one who almost ‘messed up’ was one of the second Turkish category, Eskisehirspor, but a FIFA sanction prevented him from being discharged. Not for those.
So he became a vacationer who spent more time in Turkey (apparently taking up military service) than in Malaga. In addition, he gave Instagram more than Al Thani.
On July 26, 2019 Víctor Sánchez del Amo started him in a friendly against Algeciras. He changed him at 29 ‘for Kellyan to avoid hot flashes. Since then he has not played any more friendlies and his balance in official matches is the most interesting: zero minutes in the League and zero minutes in the Cup. He terminated the year remaining on his contract.
Complaint to FIFA
The matter did not end. The Turk denounced Malaga for a debt of 780,000 euros. FIFA decided to agree with the player and sanctioned Málaga for not being able to sign footballers until the summer of 2023, to pay the goal the aforementioned debt and 80,000 euros more in interest.
CVC Earrings
FIFA also announced that the punishment will be lifted if Málaga pays, which the club will do as soon as the agreement with the CVC investment fund becomes effective at the meeting to be held this Friday in La Liga. Malaga will present the corresponding appeal so that the obligation to pay is revoked. Cenk Gönen, the most catastrophic signing in the history of Malaga. With Abdullah Al Thani everything was (and is) possible.