Deadline day in Turkey 

Osimhen, Amrabat & Co. - The most valuable players to join the Turkish Süper Lig

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The Süper Lig transfer window closes at 11pm (CET time) on September 13th with Turkish clubs frantically trying to complete some last minute deals on deadline day. The Turkish transfer window is the last to close across Europe with August 31st representing the deadline day for the top five leagues. The Süper Lig has been framed as a potential destination for some unwanted Premier League stars with Manchester United duo Casemiro and Antony constantly linked.

The Brazilian duo, however, are set to remain at Old Trafford but some sizable deals will be completed today. It’s been a busy window for Turkish clubs with Victor Osimhen’s loan move to Galatasaray sending shockwaves around the world and the Nigerian international is the most valuable player to ever join the Süper Lig. But which other players join Osimhen as the most valuable players to move to Turkey in history? Let’s find out and you can view the top 15 gallery below! 

The most valuable players to move to the Turkish Super Lig?

Galatasaray were able to secure Osimhen’s signature on a season-long loan from Napoli after permanent moves to Chelsea and Saudi Arabia collapsed. The 25-year-old’s current market value on Transfermarkt is €100 million and he’s comfortably the most valuable player to move to the Super Lig – €70m more than second ranked Nicolò Zaniolo. 

As the graphic above illustrates, Zaniolo was valued at €30m when he moved from Roma to Galatasaray in February 2023. Eight Galatasaray deals feature in the top ten with just two players from Fenerbache in Fred and Sofyan Amrabat. Fred moved to Istanbul from Manchester United in 2023, while José Mourinho secured Amrabat on an initial loan deal with a €13m obligation to buy from Fiorentina. The only player in the top 15 from outside of Galatasaray and Istanbul is Miralem Pjanic with the midfielder joining Besitkas from Barcelona in 2021.