Serie A trio in Montella’s EURO 2024 Turkey squad

There are three Serie A players in Vincenzo Montella’s large 35-man preliminary Turkey squad for EURO 2024, namely Hakan Calhanoglu, Kenan Yildiz and Zeki Celik.

The tournament is due to run in Germany this summer from June 14 to July 14.

Turkey are in a group with Georgia, Portugal and the Czech Republic, but before the competition they will play against Italy in a friendly match on June 4.

Their coach is also Italian and Montella has today named the preliminary squad for EURO 2024, which will be whittled down to just 26 by June 7.

Calhanoglu is fresh from winning the Scudetto at Inter in one of the best seasons of his career.

Roma defender Celik is another regular in the squad, while teenager Kenan Yildiz has gone from strength to strength at Juventus.

Turkey squad for EURO 2024

Goalkeepers

Altay Bayindir (Manchester United), Doğan Alemdar (Troyes), Mert Günok (Besiktas), Uğurcan Cakır (Trabzonspor)

Defenders

Mert Müldür (Fenerbahce), Cağlar Soyuncu (Fenerbahce), Ferdi Kadioğlu (Fenerbahce), Zeki çelik (Roma), Abdülkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray), Ahmetcan Kaplan (Ajax), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydın (Panathinaikos), Cenk Özkacar (Valencia)

Midfielders

Berat Ozdemir (Trabzonspor), Can Uzun (Nürnberg), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), İsmail Yuksek (Fenerbahce), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich), Orkun Kokcu (Benfica), Salih Ozcan (Borussia Dortmund)

Forwards

Abdulkadir Omur(Hull City), İrfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahce), Yunus Akgün (Leicester City), Kenan Yildiz (Juventus), Kerem Akturkoglu (Galatasaray), Barıs Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray), Oguz Aydin (Corendon Alanyaspor), Arda Guler (Real Madrid), Bertug Yildirim (Rennais), Cenk Tosun (Besiktas), Semih Kılıcsoy (Besiktas), Enes Unal (Bournemouth), Yusuf Yazici