Nadir Ciftci Subbed Just 34 Minutes Into His Eskisehirspor League Debut

Things just go from bad to worse for Nadir Ciftci.

After a dreadful first half of the season with Celtic, the former Dundee United man headed back to his homeland Turkey to join Eskisehirspor on a six-month loan deal, following the arrival of Colin Kazim-Richards and Patrick Roberts.

After finding the net just four times in 22 matches for the Hoops, Ciftci was hoping to regain some of the form which saw Celtic part with around £1.3 million for his services last summer, but he hasn’t exactly got off to the best of starts.

Making his league debut in Sunday’s match away at Rizespor, Ciftci was substituted and replaced by fellow loanee striker Vladyslav Kulac just 34 minutes into the match and he wasn’t even carrying an injury.

The game finished 1-1 and sees Eskisehirspor remain rock bottom of the Turkish Super Lig, but that’s probably not as low as Ciftci’s confidence right now.

Ciftci will be hoping to make a better impression in his new side’s next match on Sunday against Antalyaspor.