{"id":70397,"date":"2025-07-12T09:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70397"},"modified":"2025-07-12T09:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:31:13","slug":"osimhen-still-galatasarays-top-target-says-coach-buruk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/12\/osimhen-still-galatasarays-top-target-says-coach-buruk\/","title":{"rendered":"Osimhen Still Galatasaray\u2019s Top Target, Says Coach Buruk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Fakande Oluwamayowa<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray head coach, Okan Buruk, has confirmed that the club is prioritizing the signing of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen over Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu.<\/p>\n<p>Although Galatasaray are in advanced talks to sign Calhanoglu, Buruk revealed that the club is pausing those negotiations to focus fully on securing Osimhen from Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the Turkish champions recently submitted a third bid for Osimhen, offering \u20ac40 million upfront and \u20ac35 million in installments, matching Napoli\u2019s valuation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the matter, Buruk said: \u201cEveryone wants him. He\u2019s one of the best midfielders in Europe. I\u2019ve known him since he was 16 and his love for Galatasaray is immense. But the Osimhen issue is more significant for our budget right now. We\u2019ll revisit Calhanoglu later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Calhanoglu\u2019s current status at Inter, Buruk added: \u201cHe plays for a club that rightly expects a high fee. If you sell a player of his calibre, replacing him will also cost a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray\u2019s pursuit of Osimhen reflects their ambition to strengthen their attacking lineup ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Fakande Oluwamayowa Galatasaray head coach, Okan Buruk, has confirmed that the club is prioritizing the signing of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen over Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu. Although Galatasaray are in advanced talks to sign Calhanoglu, Buruk revealed that the club is pausing those negotiations to focus fully on securing Osimhen from Napoli. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70399,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70397\/revisions\/70399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}