In a club statement carried by Habertürk Spor, Fenerbahçe said the overhaul was made in line with the team’s sporting objectives, with a focus on protecting player health and running treatment and rehabilitation processes effectively. The club said the health staff’s organisational structure had also been rearranged.
It is the sort of decision that reads quietly and lands loudly later. Medical departments rarely feature in the match report, but they sit inside selection, recovery and the difference between a player being listed as available and being ready to cope with competitive football.
Fenerbahçe did not give a further reason for the restructuring in the statement, beyond that push for more effective treatment and rehabilitation, and did not detail the wider changes inside the department apart from Polat’s appointment and the revised structure.
So the confirmed development is clear enough: Polat now has the responsibility. At a club where sporting targets leave little room for drift, that job is not administrative wallpaper. It shapes who gets back, who stays out, and how much risk the team carries before a ball is kicked.
Fenerbahçe’s statement also wished Polat and the rest of the medical staff success in their duties.
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