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Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek has urged the club to compete on all fronts in the 2025/2026 season after they secured the services of Victor Osimhen, Soccernet.ng reports. 

The Super Eagles star spent the 2024/2025 season on loan with the Turkish side, scoring 37 goals and providing seven assists in 41 games for the Cim Bom Aslan.

In addition, the ex-LOSC Lille striker won the Turkish Super Lig and the league cup title with Galatasaray, crowning their season with the domestic double.

After a long-drawn-out negotiation period, Galatasaray signed Osimhen on a four-year deal from Napoli. The Italian side held out and retained a 10% sell-on clause in their deal while making sure he wouldn’t be able to join any Italian club over the next two seasons.

Gala President wants UEFA Champions League with Osimhen

Galatasaray’s vice-president, Abdullah Kavukçu, took pride in his side’s ability to pull off the Osimhen deal without needing financial assistance from anywhere else.

Now, the club’s President, Dursun Aydın Özbek, echoed the same thoughts and urged the players to give their all in fighting for all trophies this season.

“The Galatasaray community had a tremendous expectation. For various reasons, we had the opportunity to visit many parts of Turkey.

“Everywhere I go, even in the farthest corner, people come and say, ‘Is President Osimhen coming?’ they were asking.

“Osimhen deserved that interest in his performance at our club last year. Therefore, in response to this love, we, as a government, have done everything we could to bring him to Galatasaray,” the 76-year-old said in quotes from Galatasaray’s official website.

“We saw it last night. He has a huge flood of love. He’s a worthy player. I am sure that he will do his best as long as he stays at Galatasaray next year and in the following years.

“I’d like to welcome him. I wish him successful seasons at Galatasaray. The fan expects him. He knows it.

“As management, I am happy to meet the expectations of Galatasaray fans with my friends. Our goal this year is to have a successful season in the Champions League.

“I wish both Victor and all our players a successful league and a successful Champions League period. Happy Victor, Happy Galatasaray,” the President concluded.

The 2023 CAF Player of the Year is also eager to repay the faith shown in him by Galatasaray management, who went all out to secure his services for €75M.

 

“I feel very big right now. I am delighted to be part of the Galatasaray family again. First of all, I’d like to thank my president and our Vice President.

“We have a very positive team right now. I’m so proud to be here. You know my quality because of last season. I believe that we will achieve much greater success with a feeling of much greater belonging, with the quality of both me and my teammates in the next season.

“We will give everything on the field, not only in the league and in the cup, but also in the Champions League, which is one of our main goals.

“I did not expect as much as I saw it. There was a welcome far beyond what I expected. In Germany, I was already on the support of Galatasaray, and when I first came here, it was one of the most important reasons for me to feel happy here,” Osimhen said.

“I’ll keep fighting for the fans with every sweat drop. I’ll keep fighting the same way in the next game. I would like to thank my president, our deputy president and our teacher.

They fought so hard for me to be here. And I salute the supporters from here,” the former VfL Wolfsburg man concluded.

 

Galatasaray are set to compete on all fronts after securing the services of Victor Osimhen and Leroy Sane this summer. Okan Buruk’s side are edging closer to sealing a deal for Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson Moraes.