{"id":854650,"date":"2025-06-10T17:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/galatasaray-president-confirms-osimhens-future-amidst-transfer-saga\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:11:49","slug":"galatasaray-president-confirms-osimhens-future-amidst-transfer-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/galatasaray-president-confirms-osimhens-future-amidst-transfer-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Galatasaray President confirms Osimhen\u2019s future amidst transfer saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NS-Quote-Email-Soccernet2.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NS-Quote-Email-Soccernet2-750x500.png\" alt=\"Soccer Galatasaray President confirms Osimhen\u2019s future amidst transfer saga\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-full-width=\"1200\" data-full-height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>President of Galatasaray Football Club, Dusun Ozbek, has made a bold claim about his club&#8217;s pursuit of Super Eagles striker, Victor James Osimhen, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Osimhen joined the Turkish side on a season-long loan from Napoli last September, and immediately hit the ground running at RAMS Park.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the 26-year-old to Okan Buruk&#8217;s side saw the Turkish Super Lig Champions win on all grounds domestically, while the Napoli loanee didn&#8217;t do badly for himself, scoring 37 goals and providing eight assists in 41 games across all competitions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241029_020501-683x1024.jpg\" alt width=\"683\" height=\"1024\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139108\">Victor Osimhen celebrating at RAMS Park after scoring a stunning header against Be\u015fikta\u015f. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/victor-osimhen-al-hilal.html\">Victor Osimhen makes Al-Hilal decision after \u20ac30m salary offered<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/osimhen-al-hilal-nigerians-saudi.html\">Osimhen to Al Hilal: Are Nigerians buying into the hype of a move to Saudi?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/ronaldo-super-eagles-chelsea.html\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019ll like to\u201d \u2013 Ex-Super Eagles captain urges Chelsea to sign Ronaldo ahead of the Club World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fenerbahce-v-galatasaray-turkish-super-league-osimhen-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133436\">Victor Osimhen celebrating at RAMS Park after scoring a stunning header against Fenerbahce. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Osimhen&#8217;s exploits saw him garner interest from several clubs in Europe and from Al-Hilal in the Middle East. The Saudi Pro League club matched his \u20ac75m release clause with Napoli, and then offered him a \u00a334m yearly salary, equating to \u00a3650,000-per-week, including bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>In what was a shocking turn of events, the former LOSC Lille striker rejected the offer, hinting he wants to remain in Europe. As reported by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/alhilal-osimhen-premier-league.html\">Soccernet.ng<\/a><\/strong>, Galatasaray and Juventus are now firmly in the race for the 2023 CAF Player of the Year following his \u2018no&#8217; to Simeone Inzaghi&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray are doing everything to meet the wage demands of the one-time Scudetto winner, and now, their President has assured the <em>CimBom Aslan<\/em> fans of good news next week, appearing seemingly confident of tying Osimhen down in Turkey.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVictor Osimhen is staying at Galatasaray. His affection will be the most important factor. The negotiations are ongoing. We hope to give you good news in a week,\u201d President Dursun \u00d6zbek said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/sporarena\/victor-osimhen-galatasaraya-mi-al-hilale-mi-ve-acikladi-42831573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurriyet<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060547646-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156522\">Victor Osimhen of celebrates victory after the Ziraat Turkish Cup Quarter Final Match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray at Ulker Stadium in Istanbul. 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Osimhen joined the Turkish side on a season-long loan from Napoli last September, and immediately hit the ground running at RAMS Park. The addition of the 26-year-old to Okan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":854651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123586,851,2005],"tags":[123585,6180],"class_list":{"0":"post-854650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-galatasaray","8":"category-president","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-galatasaray","11":"tag-president"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}