Chaos in Kosovo after missing the World Cup! The key player, accused of SELLING the match to Turkey

Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 20:51 / Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 20:52
Turkey secured a narrow victory in Pristina thanks to a goal scored by Kerem Akturkoglu, and after the match, part of the Kosovar public accused international Vedat Muriqi of treason.
Some supporters have expressed suspicion that Muriqi may have sold his national team's tactics to Turkey, citing the fact that the Mallorca striker holds a Turkish passport and speaks Turkish, according to sportal.blic.rs.
Muriqi, found the main culprit for missing the World Cup
Accused of selling the match to Turkey, Muriqi came forward, extremely angry, and stated that “only someone with mental problems can claim such a thing”, denying all suspicions.
“A half-Turk who speaks Turkish, like most of those born in Prizren, but who is a bigger patriot and feels more Kosovar than you! To think that a national team player, in a decisive match for his country, sells the match just because he was born in Prizren and speaks Turkish…
You must have mental problems or be an executioner, no emotions and no respect for a player who gave everything for the Kosovo national team. On you personally, all this pain, all this suffering from the day before yesterday and until yesterday that I endured for the football of the country and for the national team… May God punish you,” Muriqi wrote.
Muriqi is having an excellent season in Mallorca and with 18 goals he is the second top scorer in La Liga, just behind Kylian Mbappe who has scored 23 goals so far. For Kosovo, he played 68 matches and scored 32 goals, being the record holder for the number of successes.




