€75 million. Osimhen to Galatasaray is done — and it's Turkey's biggest transfer ever
The summer's biggest transfer story ended in Istanbul. Galatasaray's stock-exchange filing puts the numbers on the record: a €75 million fee, a sell-on clause for Napoli, and a package worth €21 million a season to Nigeria's biggest football star.
Key points
- Galatasaray signed Victor Osimhen permanently on 31 July 2025 for a fixed fee of €75 million.
- Napoli keeps 10% of any future sell-on profit.
- Confirmed in a stock-exchange (KAP) filing: €15 million net salary, €1 million loyalty bonus, €5 million image rights.
- The fee smashes the previous Turkish league record of €19.5 million — and follows his 37-goal loan season.
What happened
Victor Osimhen's future was football's longest-running transfer story of the summer of 2025. The Nigerian striker had spent the 2024–25 season on loan at Galatasaray from Napoli, scored 37 goals in 41 matches, finished as the Turkish league's top scorer, and helped the club win a domestic double — while Napoli still held his contract and a price tag European clubs hesitated over.
On 31 July 2025 Galatasaray ended the saga: the club's filing to the Istanbul stock exchange (KAP) confirmed a fixed €75 million fee — by far the largest in Turkish football — with Napoli taking 10% of any future sell-on profit. The filing also disclosed the player's package: €15 million net salary per season, a €1 million loyalty bonus and €5 million in image rights across a four-year deal.
Claim by claim
Why this label: Galatasaray's disclosure to the Istanbul stock exchange (KAP), the legal filing Turkish clubs must make for transfers: €75 million fixed fee.
On the ladder: a claim earns Verified from primary evidence, or from two independent sources that do not copy each other.
Why this label: The same KAP filing: 10% of any future sell-on profit goes to Napoli; salary of €15 million net per season plus €1 million loyalty bonus and €5 million image rights.
On the ladder: a claim earns Verified from primary evidence, or from two independent sources that do not copy each other.
Why this label: Pulse Sports' report of the club's confirmation: €75 million makes Osimhen the most expensive signing in Turkish football history.
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Why this label: His loan-season statistics, widely reported and confirmed in the club's season records: 37 goals in 41 appearances across competitions.
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What we know / what we don't know yet
What we know
- The fee, sell-on clause and player package from Galatasaray's KAP filing.
- The completion date: 31 July 2025.
- His loan-season record: 37 goals in 41 matches.
What we don't know yet
- Whether Napoli will ever see a sell-on payment — that depends on a future transfer.
Why it matters
A €75 million fee for an African striker changes the market conversation: European clubs passed on the price, a Turkish club paid it, and the numbers are public because Turkish rules require it. For Nigerian fans it is also simply the biggest transfer their country's football has ever produced.
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Story published from the club's KAP disclosure.