Volkan Arslan’s Tiramisu vs Water Mix-Up

Former Galatasaray player Volkan Arslan phoned room service in Trabzon wanting dessert.

“Tiramisu gönderin.” (“Send us tiramisu”)

Five minutes later, there’s a knock at the door. The waiter arrives carrying a bottle of water.

“Abi, su.” (“Abi, -here is- water”)

The poor employee had heard “su” instead of “tiramisu,” accidentally reducing an elegant Italian dessert order into basic hydration.

Which, in fairness, probably says a lot about how uncommon tiramisu requests were in Turkish football hotels at the time.

This was Turkish football luxury in the early 2000s: European ambitions upstairs, prison cafeteria menu downstairs.