Chuba Akpom: The Striker Sold Down the River Bosphorus and Other Tales of Modern Football’s Transfer Circus
The Rise and Mildly Inconvenient Fall of Chuba Akpom, or How a Striker’s Goal Glut Became Collateral Damage in Football’s Endless Transfer Carousel By Our Man in the Departure Lounge ISTANBUL—Somewhere between the kebab smoke and the Bosphorus haze, Chuba Akpom has discovered that fame, like Turkish tea, cools quickly once the cup is empty….