Hatters will continue to monitor Tiryaki

Hatters boss John Still will continue to cast an eye over trialist Mustafa Tiryaki after the striker featured against Boreham Wood in last night’s pre-season friendly.
Mustafa TiryakiMustafa Tiryaki
Mustafa Tiryaki

The 28-year-old, who has played for Tranmere and Cambridge in his career, scored both goals in Luton’s 2-1 win at Lowestoft on Sunday, and then played over an hour yesterday evening.

Still said: “He trained with us the end of last season a bit, so we brought him in to have a look and he played on Sunday.

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“I thought we’d play him a bit longer (against Boreham Wood), just to see where he is and I think he’s a handful, I really do.

“He’s still finding his way in terms of fitness, he never came to Portugal with us as he’s injured, so he’s probably a bit behind on his fitness but he’s all right so we’ll have a look.

“Once again, there’s a month before the season starts, so lets wait and see.”

On how he came across Tiryaki, Still added: “I knew him when he played for Havant & Waterlooville.

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“He went off to Tranmere and then went to play in Turkey, before coming back.

“He’s a target man, a big lad, powerful, strong – a typical centre forward.

“We’ll see how he goes in training, see how he goes in the games and evaluate him from there.”