No figure in the Turkish game is under more pressure on the eve of the new season than Fenerbahce president Ali Koc, who desperately needs silverware to silence his many critics at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.
Since Koc replaced the long-serving Aziz Yildirim in the executive hot-seat five years ago, the Yellow Canaries, Turkish league winners on no fewer than 28 occasions, have had to live on a
