Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek made statements regarding the costs of the transfers made by the yellow-red team during the summer transfer season. President Özbek also spoke about the salary of Mauro Icardi, which is one of the most curious subjects. In his statement, Uzbek said, “We will pay 750 thousand euros for Icardi’s salary. As a bonus, if he scores 20 goals, we will give 75 thousand euros, and we will give 3 thousand euros for each victory. For God’s sake, it is useful to comment by seeing all this.”
“WE Spent 26 MILLION EURO”
Our members have concerns about the burden of transfers and their costs. They may be right. The purpose of this meeting is to say that there is nothing to worry about. Transfer expenses were made considering even 1 cent of Galatasaray. I think we had a very successful transfer season. In the last transfer period, approximately 28 million Euros of testimonial fee was spent, and in this period we spent 26 million Euros. This 26 million euro includes the transfer of players under the age of 21. We paid Ross and Yusuf Demir a testimonial fee of 7 million 750 thousand euros for the future of Galatasaray. When we removed these transfers, we spent 18 million euros in transfers. We’ve sold some players, for around 12.5 million euros.
“THE SEND OF TUCHEL IS IN THE SHADOW OF TRANSFERS”
I don’t remember another period in the history of Galatasaray where so many stars were transferred. I think it is very important to make our fans watch such players. The European press has been talking about Galatasaray for days. Headlines are being made in Europe. Tuchel’s dismissal from Chelsea was overshadowed by Galatasaray’s transfers. Icardi is a PSG player and plays for us on loan. The brand value of Galatasaray is the primary reason why they prefer us. PSG also thought it would be appropriate for Icardi to play for Galatasaray.
“WE ONLY PAY MERTENS SIGNATURE MONEY”
In the past, players such as Drogba, Sneijder and Hagi came, but ours is different with the money they receive. We both invested forward and strengthened the team. We just gave Mertens 1 million euro signature money. No one else has a signature. We paid 28.6 million euros last season. this year, we will pay a salary of 29.3 million euros.
“DON’T MAKE IN 1 DAY”
Each of our transfers excited me. The transfer period, which started with Abdülkerim, ended with Yusuf Demir. Each transfer made us a ball of joy. These are not transfers made in one day. There is labor in it. There is a very good teamwork here, especially with my brother Erden, our scout team and our teacher. They watched the players until 3 to 4 at night.