Galatasaray's new transfers fail to meet expectations despite high costs
The new football players, for whom the yellow-red club allocated large budgets to add to its squad, failed to impact the score in the initial matches played.
The five new transfers that Galatasaray added to its squad at the beginning of the season, resulting in high total costs, have so far failed to provide the expected contribution to the team.
High-Budget Transfers
Galatasaray allocated significant financial resources for the five players it added to its squad as part of its new season restructuring, signing high transfer and loan fees. As a result of the expenditures made, the new faces of the team joined the club with high expectations.
Detailed Expense Items
The yellow-red management paid transfer fees of 38 million euros for Rafael Leao, 25 million euros for Aleksey Batrakov, and 10 million euros for Deniz Gül. Additionally, Lesley Ugochukwu was loaned for approximately 3.5 million euros, and El Chadaille Bitshiabu for 2 million euros.
Purchase Options
It was announced that the purchase option for the loaned player El Chadaille Bitshiabu is 28 million euros. It was also disclosed that Lesley Ugochukwu's conditional purchase option is at around 26.2 million euros.
Players Unable to Produce Scores
These five footballers, transferred with high investments, have failed to provide any score contribution to the team in the matches played up to this part of the season. During this process, Galatasaray shook the opponent's net a total of 14 times across the team in general.
Status of Players Who Received Playing Time
While Rafael Leao stayed on the pitch for 230 minutes in a total of 4 official matches, Aleksey Batrakov received 230 minutes of playing time in 5 official fixtures. Deniz Gül played 155 minutes in 4 matches, while Lesley Ugochukwu received only 62 minutes of playing time in 5 matches, and Bitshiabu has not featured in a match yet.