Thibaut Simon, Media365, published on Tuesday September 3, 2024 at 6:34 p.m.
Victor Osimhen was the summer attraction on the transfer market. The striker will finally join Galatasaray on loan. His arrival has not gone unnoticed.
He was announced in the biggest European clubs. Finally, Victor Osimhen has arrived in Türkiye to sign a one-season loan with Galatasaray. Unwanted in Naples and without a concrete way out, the Nigerian went from king of Vesuvius to persona non grata in Campania. While the transfer market closed and Antonio Conte had not registered the 25-year-old striker on the club’s list to play in Serie A, Osimhen absolutely had to find a destination. If the possibilities were reduced, it was finally Galatasaray that he joined. Arriving at four in the morning on Turkish soil, the striker was welcomed as a star by the club’s supporters. Enough to motivate the 2023 Italian champion to bounce back after a chaotic summer?
A loan with a special clause
Victor Osimhen’s presentation at Galatasaray should not be long in coming. But one can legitimately wonder if this transfer will not work against the Nigerian player. While the Turkish club missed out on qualifying for the Champions League, ambitions will be revised downwards. Osimhen will also have to find his place in a rich squad. Mertens, Icardi, Batshuayi, Yilmaz, the offensive sector is well supplied. But the adventure between Galatasaray and Osimhen could last a few months. According to The Athletica clause was negotiated so that the player could sign elsewhere in January and the club would receive financial compensation in exchange.
Dubois, Jakobs… the latest information
In addition to the arrival of Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray have signed AS Monaco defender Ismail Jakobs. The player arrives on loan with an obligation to buy of 8 million euros. After joining the Rock in 2021 from Cologne, the Senegalese international had played the first two games of the season with ASM. Absent from the group against Lens, it is therefore in Turkey that the 25-year-old player arrives. For Léo Dubois, the adventure with Galatasaray ends on a bad note. In the group that traveled to Adana this weekend, the former Lyon player saw his contract terminated during the stay in the south of the country. He had to return to Istanbul by his own means, left alone at the airport. An unbelievable scene. Now free, Dubois will have to find a club quickly.
