Galatasaray closed the summer transfer window with 5 new players

Galatasaray, the last champion of Trendyol Super League, added star names to its squad in the first transfer and registration period.

The yellow-red team parted ways with many players this summer, especially Argentinian star Mauro Icardi.

Galatasaray, under the management of coach Okan Buruk, kept players such as Uğurcan Çakır, Davinson Sanchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Ismail Jakobs, Roland Sallai, Wilfried Singo, İlkay Gündoğan, Lucas Torreira, Gabriel Sara, Mario Lemina, Yunus Akgün, Leroy Sane, Barış Alper Yılmaz and Victor Osimhen, who made great contributions to last season's championship, in its squad.

The yellow-reds, who won the Super League championship for the 4th time in a row last season and made it to the last 16 rounds of the UEFA Champions League, added star football players to their squad to surpass these successes under the leadership of coach Okan Buruk.

Rafael Leao transfer attracted international attention

Galatasaray made a splash in the international community with the transfer of Rafael Leao.

Wanting to strengthen their offensive line for the UEFA Champions League this season, the yellow-red team added Portuguese winger Leao to its squad from the Italian team Milan for a transfer fee of 38 million euros.

Thus, Leao became the name on which the Yellow-Reds spent the most money in this transfer period.

He added important players to his squad

Galatasaray strengthened its squad with important players other than Leao.

First, the yellow-reds rented French midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu from the English team Burnley until the end of the season with a conditional purchase option, and then transferred Russian football player Aleksey Batrakov from the Russian team Lokomotiv Moscow.

The yellow-red team added Leao to its squad, and then added national center forward Deniz Gül from the Portuguese team Porto. Having parted ways with Argentinian star Mauro Icardi, Galatasaray was relieved in terms of both costs and foreign player quota.

Galatasaray recently closed the transfer window by renting French football player El Chadaille Bitshiabu from German representative Leipzig until the end of the season.

He spent approximately 80 million euros on transfer and rental fees.

Galatasaray paid approximately 80 million euros for the 5 players it added to its squad during the first transfer and registration period.

The yellow-reds, who paid 38 million euros to Rafael Leao, 25 million euros to Aleksey Batrakov and 10 million euros to Deniz Gül, rented Lesley Ugochukwu for approximately 3 million 500 thousand euros and El Chadaille Bitshiabu for 2 million euros.

It was also announced that the purchase option of Bitshiabu, one of the loaned players, is 28 million euros and the conditional purchase option of Lesley Ugochukwu is approximately 26 million 200 thousand euros.

The players Galatasaray added to its squad during the summer transfer period are as follows:

oriented towards young people

The average age of the 5 players Galatasaray added to its squad in this transfer period was 22.6.

The yellow-red team transferred 27-year-old Rafael Leao, 22-year-old Deniz Gül and Lesley Ugochukwu, and 21-year-old Aleksey Batrakov and El Chadaille Bitshiabu.

Galatasaray, whose average age of the players who played last season was 26.1, thus rejuvenated its squad with these transfers.

Those who left

The players who left Galatasaray this season are as follows:

Nicolo Zaniolo (Udinese), Ali Turap Bülbül (Amed Sportive Activities), Victor Nelsson (Nordsjaelland), Gökdeniz Gürpüz (Saarbrücken), Batuhan Şen (Mısırlıcomtr Fatih Karagümrük), Elias Jelert (Le Havre-loan), Ahmed Kutucu (Çaykur Rizespor-loan), Metehan Baltacı (Gençlerbirliği-loan), Halil Dervişoğlu (Gaziantep FK-on loan), Ali Yeşilyurt (Seza Çimento Elazığspor-on loan), Mauro Icardi (end of contract).