They were gone for free.
In 2001, Galatasaray was the UEFA Cup champion of the previous year, the European Super Cup winner of that year and was running for the 5th championship in a row in the league.
Two young stars of Galatasaray, Emre Belözoğlu and Okan Buruk, were transferred to Inter for free. In these two transfers, which were highly talked about at that time, the players went to Galatasaray without making any money.betrayal“It was implied that they did.