Tino Anjorin at Göztepe: Scout Profile and Transfer Analysis
On deadline day of Turkey’s summer window, Göztepe secured English midfielder Tino Anjorin on a season-long loan with an option to buy. The 24-year-old, a Chelsea academy product who spent his last two seasons in Serie A with Empoli and Torino, passed his medical in İzmir before the move was confirmed. Here’s GegenSports’ scout breakdown of the club’s newest arrival, part of our daily series on foreign signings at Turkey’s non-“Big Four” clubs.
How the move came together
With Turkey’s first registration period closing at midnight on 4 September 2026, Göztepe moved late to agree loan terms with Torino for Tino Anjorin, including a purchase option running through the end of the 2026-27 season. The player underwent medical checks in İzmir and the club confirmed the signing through its own channels. Status: OFFICIAL — the deal has been reported consistently across Turkish outlets including Hürriyet, NTV Spor, Sporx and Sabah, all citing the club’s own announcement.
The move had been gathering pace for weeks: with playing time hard to come by at Torino, a switch away from Serie A was already being floated by Italian and English outlets before Göztepe stepped in and closed the deal on the window’s final day.
Scout profile: who is Tino Anjorin?
Born Faustino Adebola Rasheed Anjorin on 23 November 2001, the 1.86m attacking midfielder — comfortable off the left as well — came through Chelsea’s Cobham academy and represented England from U17 up to U20 level. His game carries the hallmarks often associated with that pathway: more inclined to carry the ball and create in transition than to thread it through tight central combinations.
His path since leaving Chelsea, where he made just a single senior appearance, has been anything but linear. Loan spells at Huddersfield Town, Portsmouth and Lokomotiv Moscow preceded a permanent move to Empoli in the summer of 2024, where he logged 22 appearances with 2 goals and 3 assists in 2024-25. A loan to Torino followed last summer, but regular football never materialised there — 15 appearances, just 276 minutes, and a single start across a 38-round Serie A season. That lack of game time is precisely why a fresh start elsewhere became necessary.
Why Göztepe, why now
Under Bulgarian coach Stanimir Stoilov, Göztepe enter 2026-27 short on creativity and width in the final third. Anjorin’s ability to operate both as a No. 10 and as an inverted left winger gives Stoilov a rotation option with genuine tactical range. It’s also not an isolated move: Göztepe had already brought in another Chelsea academy graduate this summer, 21-year-old Alex Matos from Sheffield United, on an almost identical loan-with-option structure. Two similar profiles arriving within weeks of each other points less to coincidence and more to a deliberate recruitment lane — young, English-schooled attackers who need first-team minutes, signed on low-risk terms.
Expected tactical contribution
Anjorin’s clearest asset is his willingness to carry the ball past opponents and get into advanced pockets. If Stoilov leans on transitions with inside-cutting wide players, Anjorin projects as a candidate either as a free No. 10 or a left-sided forward drifting infield. The caveat is obvious: two seasons of minimal minutes leave real questions about match sharpness, and adapting to the Süper Lig’s physical tempo could take time. Our read is that he starts as a rotation piece and, form permitting, becomes a more central figure as the season develops.
The financial picture
This is a loan, not a permanent transfer, so there’s no straightforward transfer fee to report. Both the loan fee and the buy-option amount remain undisclosed. For context, Göztepe’s other Chelsea-academy addition this summer, Alex Matos, arrived under the same undisclosed-terms loan-plus-option structure — suggesting a deliberate policy of keeping upfront costs low on these bets. Market trackers such as Transfermarkt currently value Anjorin in the low hundreds of thousands of euros, a figure that reflects his limited recent playing time rather than his underlying talent.
Loan-with-option deals of this kind have become increasingly common among Süper Lig’s mid-table and Anatolian clubs heading into 2026-27, allowing them to avoid upfront transfer fees while retaining the flexibility to make a move permanent if a player performs. Anjorin’s contract fits squarely within that broader pattern.
How it compares to similar transfers
Göztepe’s approach this summer mirrors a wider trend among Turkey’s Anatolian clubs: bringing in talented young foreigners who’ve lost their place abroad, via low-risk loan structures rather than committing to transfer fees. GegenSports’ scouting desk covered a similar case with Franculino’s move to Trabzonspor and with Musah Mohammed joining Sivasspor — both signings prioritising upside over a proven track record. The Anjorin-Matos pairing at Göztepe takes that logic a step further, with the club specifically targeting English academy products in search of a fresh platform.
FAQ
Is the Tino Anjorin to Göztepe transfer confirmed?
Yes. The player has passed his medical and the club has announced the deal, structured as a loan with a purchase option.
What position does Anjorin play?
Primarily an attacking midfielder (No. 10), with the ability to play as a left winger when needed.
How much did Göztepe pay?
No fee has been disclosed — the move is a loan, so there is no headline transfer figure.
How long is the loan?
Through the end of the 2026-27 season, with a buy-option clause that could be triggered afterward.
Sources
- Hürriyet — Göztepe transferde Tino Anjorin’i bitirdi
- NTV Spor — Göztepe, Chelsea’de yetişen Tino Anjorin’i transferin son gününde kaptı
- Sporx — Göztepe, Tino Anjorin’i bitirdi
- Sabah — Göztepe, Tino Anjorin’i kadrosuna kattı
- Sheffield United official statement — Alex Matos loan move to Göztepe
- Fotmob / Soccerway — Tino Anjorin career statistics
