Galatasaray Rejects Al-Hilal's €150 Million For Osimhen

‎Galatasaray rejects Al-Hilal's €150 million for Osimhen ‎

Ibrahim Lateef

‎Turkish Super Lig top guns, Galatasaray has rejected Al-Hilal's huge €150 million offer for Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, reports BSNSports.com.ng. ‎ ‎

The Saudi Arabian team, had expressed interest in the Nigerian forward, who was signed from Napoli at the beginning of last season. ‎

‎The Saudi delegation headed by Prince Nawaf bin Saad made a verbal offer. The Prince offered Galatasaray 130 million euros for Osimhen and informed the club's management that he would personally come to Istanbul if the negotiations were to become official. ‎ ‎

Al-Hilal offered Osimhen an astronomical sum of 50 million euros per year. However, Galatasaray informed the other side that they had no intention of selling the player. Following this, Al-Hilal increased their offer to 150 million euros. ‎ ‎

‎Despite this astronomical sum, President Dursun Özbek and his management categorically rejected the offer and informed Al-Hilal that they were determined to keep the player in the team. ‎ ‎ ‎

Osimhen, stating that he is very happy at the yellow and red club and is only focused on the new season, once again emphasized that money is not a priority for him. ‎ ‎ ‎

The Nigerian scored two goals in the first week of the league against Çorum FK.