Turkish Super League 2024/25 Season

[karabiber]

Beşiktaş has built a compact team and included some very successful players. There is a big difference between Beşiktaş last year and this year. The Galatasaray match was a turning point for Beşiktaş and they made a very good start to the season. However, Beşiktaş does not have the squad depth to sustain long term success in the league. They will be competing in both the league and Europa League and the lack of squad depth could push Beşiktaş back in the second half of the season. If they make good use of the January transfer window, we could see a champion Beşiktaş this season.

[Fiatless]

Some sports pundits are criticising Galatasaray S.K. for deciding to spend so much to get the loan deal for Victor Osimhen. But they do not understand that it is not just the player, but the publicity. Victor Osimhen is the current best player in Africa and is highly regarded in Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and football is the most popular sport.

From now on, more people in Africa will be more interested in the Turkish League. I am considering subscribing to a platform that shows the Turkish League. And if Victor lives up to expectations, the Turkish League will be a hot topic of discussion. I have never posted in the Turkish Thread but from now on, I will be constant here. And I am sure that more members will become active here. Having more pages in this thread will be the proof of my predictions.  

[emrecemsan]

Some sports pundits are criticising Galatasaray S.K. for deciding to spend so much to get the loan deal for Victor Osimhen. But they do not understand that it is not just the player, but the publicity. Victor Osimhen is the current best player in Africa and is highly regarded in Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and football is the most popular sport.

From now on, more people in Africa will be more interested in the Turkish League. I am considering subscribing to a platform that shows the Turkish League. And if Victor lives up to expectations, the Turkish League will be a hot topic of discussion. I have never posted in the Turkish Thread but from now on, I will be constant here. And I am sure that more members will become active here. Having more pages in this thread will be the proof of my predictions.  

Many people say "They already had Icardi and Batshuayi in their squad so why did they sign Osimhen too?". I mean I agree on one point that this wasn't a prioritized transfer. They didn't need a striker.

But we are talking about an opportunity to sign one of the best strikers. In this case there is no meaning in missing this chance.    He will most probably stay for a short time as well. Because if his release clause is €80m like it is said, there is no way he is staying until the end of the season. But even until then, Galatasaray can benefit from his skillset a lot. He would like to show his best effort to impress bigger teams.

[trendcoin]

Victor Osimhen is undoubtedly one of the biggest transfers in Turkish football history. To be honest, we can even admit that it is the biggest, but what is important is his performance in Turkiye. We know that his stay here will be short. He can make his mark in the history of Turkish football by actually playing football here, but if he sees this place as a transit bridge or a training ground, this transfer will not meet expectations and will go down in the history of Turkish football as a fiasco. I hope he doesn't get injured and adapts to our league immediately. I am happy to see someone like him in my country. I am a Beşiktaş fan but I will be happy to watch Osimhen in a Galatasaray jersey this season...

[Fiatless]

Many people say "They already had Icardi and Batshuayi in their squad so why did they sign Osimhen too?". I mean I agree on one point that this wasn't a prioritized transfer. They didn't need a striker.

But we are talking about an opportunity to sign one of the best strikers. In this case there is no meaning in missing this chance.    He will most probably stay for a short time as well. Because if his release clause is €80m like it is said, there is no way he is staying until the end of the season. But even until then, Galatasaray can benefit from his skillset a lot. He would like to show his best effort to impress bigger teams.

Mauro Icardi is injured. He had to leave the match against  Adana Demirspor in the 24th minute. It is suspected that he has a hamstring injury that will take him out of play for about one month. Galatasaray didn't want to take any chances. Hence, they had to take advantage of the opportunity to sign Victor.

The Turkish side is competing in the Europa League and some other domestic competitions, which means they need more than one main striker. If Victor is focused, respectful, and a team player, the club will not regret signing him.

[Dickiy]

Victor Osimhen is undoubtedly one of the biggest transfers in Turkish football history. To be honest, we can even admit that it is the biggest, but what is important is his performance in Turkiye. We know that his stay here will be short. He can make his mark in the history of Turkish football by actually playing football here, but if he sees this place as a transit bridge or a training ground, this transfer will not meet expectations and will go down in the history of Turkish football as a fiasco. I hope he doesn't get injured and adapts to our league immediately. I am happy to see someone like him in my country. I am a Beşiktaş fan but I will be happy to watch Osimhen in a Galatasaray jersey this season...

Therefore, Okan Buruk as Galatasaray coach must be able to utilize Osimhen's presence in the squad he handles. Good performance is supported by the condition of the players whether they will go hand in hand or not. However, if you look at Galatasaray's readiness, I think Osimhen will adapt quickly, and can help Galatasaray's attack line in the future and most importantly the Turkish Super League will be much more interesting to watch. because as you said and we all admit Osimhen is a talented player.

[dezoel]

Beşiktaş has built a compact team and included some very successful players. There is a big difference between Beşiktaş last year and this year. The Galatasaray match was a turning point for Beşiktaş and they made a very good start to the season. However, Beşiktaş does not have the squad depth to sustain long term success in the league. They will be competing in both the league and Europa League and the lack of squad depth could push Beşiktaş back in the second half of the season. If they make good use of the January transfer window, we could see a champion Beşiktaş this season.

Besiktas which was fourth in last season with 61 points and having difference of 41 points from Champions Galatasaray which won title with 102 points and now trying their best for having third consecutive title which is surely not easy, but things are looking interesting after arrival of Osimhen for title race.

But for this current season, I was expecting good lead for the Besiktas with having title race challenge with Fenerbahçe, but now we are having good time for all three contenders for the race but still I am feeling Besiktas is having good advantage due to good squad and their strength of team which already having 2 clean sheets and score 8 goals.

Many people say "They already had Icardi and Batshuayi in their squad so why did they sign Osimhen too?". I mean I agree on one point that this wasn't a prioritized transfer. They didn't need a striker.

Here I also agreed about this it's not their priority, and they are wasting their funds because things were stable on attack they need wingers which can give them good strength now just wait and watch how things will be ended after this signing.

[ingiltere]

Osimhen transfer was one of the biggest transfers in Turkish football history in terms of name and age. However, such a short-term loan is not feasible. Galatasaray can't get much out of this transfer except advertising and PR. Financially it's a very troublesome transfer. The possibility of the player leaving before the end of the season would also disrupt the whole game plan. With this transfer, the number of strikers will increase to three and the team will play with a different tactic. Also, how well they will get along with Icardi when playing with two strikers and how the wings will contribute to the game is a mystery.
On the face of it, an excellent signing has been made, but we'll have to wait a bit to see how it will affect the game on the pitch.

[Slow death]

Victor Osimhen is undoubtedly one of the biggest transfers in Turkish football history. To be honest, we can even admit that it is the biggest, but what is important is his performance in Turkiye. We know that his stay here will be short. He can make his mark in the history of Turkish football by actually playing football here, but if he sees this place as a transit bridge or a training ground, this transfer will not meet expectations and will go down in the history of Turkish football as a fiasco. I hope he doesn't get injured and adapts to our league immediately. I am happy to see someone like him in my country. I am a Beşiktaş fan but I will be happy to watch Osimhen in a Galatasaray jersey this season...

Galatasaray was very smart in this signing, they studied Victor Osimhen very carefully and realized something that few teams didn't. Victor Osimhen is a good player who wants to shine in the big clubs in Europe, but at the moment the big clubs in Europe don't want to spend a lot of money with the contract termination clause that Napoli had imposed. So Galatasaray saw this as a great opportunity, because since Napoli no longer wants Victor Osimhen and it was already clear that no big club in Europe would want Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray proposed the loan deal, because they know that even in the next transfer window the big European clubs won't go after Victor Osimhen even with the contract clause reduced to €75m fee.

I liked the points raised in this article:

- To put it in perspective, Fenerbahçe’s acquisition of Moroccan forward Youssef En-Nesyri earlier this summer for €19.5 million was hailed as the biggest transfer in Turkish football history.

- Galatasaray themselves set a new club record this summer, paying €18 million for Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Sara. Before that, their most expensive signing had been the €17 million they paid for Jardel back in 2000.

- However, Osimhen’s value dwarfs these figures, and his signing is a statement of intent from Galatasaray.

- Moreover, while several top players have played in the Turkish top flight, such as Nicolas Anelka, Mateja Kežman, Roberto Soldado, Wesley Sneijder, and Robin van Persie, many of them arrived past their prime.

- Osimhen, on the other hand, is at the peak of his powers, having just been named Africa’s Footballer of the Year and finishing 8th in the Ballon d’Or rankings.

source: https://soccernet.ng/2024/09/victor-osimhen-the-biggest-signing-in-galatasaray-and-turkish-football-history.html

I found this photo very funny:



https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1831308761580884129

 

Galatasaray fans are very happy with this signing, they say that more than 50,000 fans are on the streets chanting Osimhen name

[RaltcoinsB]

The presence of Osimhen in the Turkish Super league will spice up the league to become somewhat Interesting this very season, I do love Osimhen because his a player of individual credibility, his style of play isn't reliant on anyone. Secondly he's very much aware that he has drawn a lot of attention lately and wouldn't want to fail both the club ,supporters and fans globally. I hope this deal will bring Galalstataray back to form and they will be able to compete well in the Europa Cup competition.

With the Osimhen transfer, Galatasaray probably completed the season's transfers. Fenerbahçe said they would not buy any more players and completed the squad. We are now entering the league with this squad. Osimhen was a transfer that made both me and Fenerbahçe fans happy in terms of the recognition of the league because he will be a player who adds quality to the Turkish league. I hope he does not play effectively against us in the derby we will play on September 21.

[dezoel]

Some sports pundits are criticising Galatasaray S.K. for deciding to spend so much to get the loan deal for Victor Osimhen. But they do not understand that it is not just the player, but the publicity. Victor Osimhen is the current best player in Africa and is highly regarded in Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and football is the most popular sport.

From now on, more people in Africa will be more interested in the Turkish League. I am considering subscribing to a platform that shows the Turkish League. And if Victor lives up to expectations, the Turkish League will be a hot topic of discussion. I have never posted in the Turkish Thread but from now on, I will be constant here. And I am sure that more members will become active here. Having more pages in this thread will be the proof of my predictions.  

That's true, I mean they are spending something like 10 million euro if he stays all year long and that's just for one year of his contract, they are paying that for Icardi as well per year, not really that shocking, hell they are paying like 3-4 million for Zaha just so he is not on their team, imagine how terrible of a deal that is, it would be insane to have Zaha on your team, and then pay a few million for a year to just send him, that makes no sense to me.

So when you consider all of that, it's clear to say that 10 million for one year of Osimhen is just insanely good idea and doesn't mean that it was money spent on waste.

Plus, they sold tete for 7 million and got rid of his salary, got rid of Zaha and saved 3-4 million there, sold Kerem recently for 12 million to benfica and got rid of his salary, Zaniolo on loan and not paying his salary plus making money there, sold a young Turkish defender, so all of these together with new Oliveira news, we can say that they saved enough from salaries alone to pay for Osimhen.

Probably not spending anything more than they were spending last year, combine all those players they sold, and see how much their salary was, not even talking about money they made on transfers, just the salaries they saved would be enough to get a world star striker, that's a deal you take no matter what.

[eightdots]

Some sports pundits are criticising Galatasaray S.K. for deciding to spend so much to get the loan deal for Victor Osimhen. But they do not understand that it is not just the player, but the publicity. Victor Osimhen is the current best player in Africa and is highly regarded in Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and football is the most popular sport.

From now on, more people in Africa will be more interested in the Turkish League. I am considering subscribing to a platform that shows the Turkish League. And if Victor lives up to expectations, the Turkish League will be a hot topic of discussion. I have never posted in the Turkish Thread but from now on, I will be constant here. And I am sure that more members will become active here. Having more pages in this thread will be the proof of my predictions.  

That's true, I mean they are spending something like 10 million euro if he stays all year long and that's just for one year of his contract, they are paying that for Icardi as well per year, not really that shocking, hell they are paying like 3-4 million for Zaha just so he is not on their team, imagine how terrible of a deal that is, it would be insane to have Zaha on your team, and then pay a few million for a year to just send him, that makes no sense to me.

So when you consider all of that, it's clear to say that 10 million for one year of Osimhen is just insanely good idea and doesn't mean that it was money spent on waste.

Plus, they sold tete for 7 million and got rid of his salary, got rid of Zaha and saved 3-4 million there, sold Kerem recently for 12 million to benfica and got rid of his salary, Zaniolo on loan and not paying his salary plus making money there, sold a young Turkish defender, so all of these together with new Oliveira news, we can say that they saved enough from salaries alone to pay for Osimhen.

Probably not spending anything more than they were spending last year, combine all those players they sold, and see how much their salary was, not even talking about money they made on transfers, just the salaries they saved would be enough to get a world star striker, that's a deal you take no matter what.

It is certain that interest in the Turkish Super League will increase. A player like Osimhen joining the league will be a great advertisement. At the same time, the team will earn a great income from jersey sales. It is not easy to make such transfers, if the management can overcome the debt burden they have taken on, they will have done a very good job.

I do not know how much financial power Galatasaray has, but they could not participate in the Champions League and they will not receive the income that will come from the Champions League. I do not think the price they will pay for Osimhen is too high. This price is too low to bring a player like Osimhen to the team. The problems Osimhen had with his former team caused Galatasaray to make the transfer. Galatasaray managed to turn these problems to its advantage.

[Palakka]

The presence of Osimhen in the Turkish Super league will spice up the league to become somewhat Interesting this very season, I do love Osimhen because his a player of individual credibility, his style of play isn't reliant on anyone. Secondly he's very much aware that he has drawn a lot of attention lately and wouldn't want to fail both the club ,supporters and fans globally. I hope this deal will bring Galalstataray back to form and they will be able to compete well in the Europa Cup competition.

With the Osimhen transfer, Galatasaray probably completed the season's transfers. Fenerbahçe said they would not buy any more players and completed the squad. We are now entering the league with this squad. Osimhen was a transfer that made both me and Fenerbahçe fans happy in terms of the recognition of the league because he will be a player who adds quality to the Turkish league. I hope he does not play effectively against us in the derby we will play on September 21.

This season the Turkish league has seen the arrival of many great players, especially those who play as strikers, Osimhen, Immobile, and also En-Nesyri looks like he will grace the list of top scorers in the Super League this season, Osimhen arrival at Galatasaray will of course make the Super League even tighter in trophies competition and I think Osimhen will still be able to make a big contribution to his new team, Osimhen has proven himself to be a great striker and Galatasaray are very lucky to be able to get him now although it's a little late after they were knocked out of the Champions League this season, in the derby match we will see how if two strikers (Osimhen vs Edin Dzeko) who have played in Serie A will show who is better between them.

[el kaka22]

I disagree with waste on money part too, if you can get 100 million euro worth player then you get him, there is no questions asked, doesn't matter if it will put you financially in trouble, if you have to end up with a much worse team for a few years after this, that's fine and you can do it, you could get cheaper and better players in the future all thanks to this as well, it's clear that we are dealing with a world star here and Galatasaray is not a team that can get Osimhen in any other case, so it's clear that we are dealing with once in a life chance, if you can do it then you do it.

Obviously Galatasaray got very lucky, this is a dude that got offered 100 million just a month ago, so they can sell whoever they want, and make the money back, Osimhen is a great big deal.

[ajanwalker]

Galatasaray terminated Sergio Oliviera's contract and will pay 5.8 million euros for 2 years. Oliviera receives 3.2 million euros annually. I don't understand how they waste this money. What kind of contract is this? Players like Osimhen don't come for nothing. I don't care, but where does this club get this money?
He could not enter the Champions League either. If it continues like this, these clubs will go bankrupt.

[Hvdv]

Galatasaray terminated Sergio Oliviera's contract and will pay 5.8 million euros for 2 years. Oliviera receives 3.2 million euros annually. I don't understand how they waste this money. What kind of contract is this? Players like Osimhen don't come for nothing. I don't care, but where does this club get this money?
He could not enter the Champions League either. If it continues like this, these clubs will go bankrupt.

There were rumors in the Greek league today that Olympiakos was interested in Sergio Oliveira. Maybe Olympiakos paid the contract termination fee. For this reason, instead of giving a transfer fee, they might have added him to their team in this way. Teams have to be more careful within the framework of the Financial FairPlay agreement. I think Galatasaray may have chosen this path because they wanted to take steps in this regard. They also announced that Osimhen's annual salary is 6 million Euros. This figure does not make sense to me.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Galatasaray terminated Sergio Oliviera's contract and will pay 5.8 million euros for 2 years. Oliviera receives 3.2 million euros annually. I don't understand how they waste this money. What kind of contract is this? Players like Osimhen don't come for nothing. I don't care, but where does this club get this money?
He could not enter the Champions League either. If it continues like this, these clubs will go bankrupt.

This situation is making me really nervous.    Because we are spending quite a lot money lately. Nearly €6m for only terminating a player's contract? This is just too much. This could cause us to face important financial issues later on. I know we have just sold Kerem Aktürkoğlu to Benfica for €12m. But how much of that money is added to the transfer budget?

Now we are trying to sign a left winger and a central midfielder. They say we have offered a salary around €10m to Rabiot. We have no other choice than winning trophies this season. Otherwise I don't know how we can handle it...

[LGD2Business]

Finally one of the 3 foreign players who were troublesome left. Amartey and Oxlade-Chamberlain persistently refused to leave but Aboubakar gave up and went to Hatayspor. If he had stayed here, he wouldn't have played. They earn a lot of money and don't play football, unfortunately in this situation the players are always protected, not the clubs. This system needs to change.
Lists are being sent to the European Cups tonight. There will be no big transfers after this. If there are, teams will not incur such a cost because the player will not be able to play in the European cups. We can say that the transfer season is over.

[ajanwalker]

Finally one of the 3 foreign players who were troublesome left. Amartey and Oxlade-Chamberlain persistently refused to leave but Aboubakar gave up and went to Hatayspor. If he had stayed here, he wouldn't have played. They earn a lot of money and don't play football, unfortunately in this situation the players are always protected, not the clubs. This system needs to change.
Lists are being sent to the European Cups tonight. There will be no big transfers after this. If there are, teams will not incur such a cost because the player will not be able to play in the European cups. We can say that the transfer season is over.

I don't think Aboubakar went to Hataspor just to play football, especially at his age.
Something must have been promised secretly. It didn't make sense to me that he refused such a big money and went to Hatay just for the love of football.
The other two players, whose age is known, receive very high amounts of money from Beşiktaş.
Why would he leave it? If it were me, I wouldn't go either. When these players were bought, the clubs gave their own money.
There is no one who supervises it properly.
One day it will explode very badly, but I don't know when. It won't always be like this.

[CLS63]

I'm also wondering how Galatasaray is managing not to bankrupt. After all these money spent on players and not making big sales, I can't help but question this.    They have signed a world star like Osimhen. Some news sources are telling us that they are going to pay only 6 million euros of his salary. But it doesn't look convincing. I think it is nothing less than 10 million euros. Okan Buruk says he is going to use 2 forwards. I wonder how good Icardi and Osimhen will get along.