The future of Hakan Çalhanoğlu at Inter could soon take an unexpected turn.
Galatasaray has set its sights on the Nerazzurri playmaker with concrete interest, but for now, the situation remains in an exploratory phase. No official negotiations yet, but the coming days could be decisive.
✈️ Çalha-Gala? The agent flies to Turkey
According to Fabrizio Romano and Matteo Moretto, Galatasaray is ready to step in for Çalhanoğlu. His agent, Gordon Stipic, is expected in Istanbul in the coming days for a first direct meeting with the Turkish club's management. There is still no formal proposal to Inter, but Gala wants to understand the margins and costs of the operation.
The sticking point remains the transfer fee: Galatasaray is unlikely to invest high amounts for the purchase, preferring potentially to focus on the player's salary. For now, the only certain step will be the meeting between the club and the agent, which will clarify the real feasibility of the deal.
🤑 The Nerazzurri's demand
La Gazzetta dello Sport reports an Inter demand between 35 and 40 million euros, far from the 20 million that Galatasaray would be ready to offer. Meanwhile, the player has not yet taken a firm stance on his future.
According to Tuttosport, however, Inter values Çalhanoğlu between 25 and 30 million, and the midfielder has already opened up to the possibility of transferring. The emerging feeling is clear: if the right offer comes, the deal could indeed materialize.
📉 Galatasaray seeks a discount
From Turkey, SporX reports: there are no negotiations between Galatasaray and Inter, but Çalhanoğlu is reportedly pushing to lower the transfer fee to 15 million. His will could prove decisive: a declared fan of Gala, he would be ready to push hard to return to his homeland.
Adding weight to the rumors is his father Huseyin, who on Instagram fueled the fans' enthusiasm: “I hope one day you will come to Galatasaray”, he wrote in a story. Words that do not go unnoticed and increase the tension around the future of Inter's playmaker.
🗣️ The Turkish club president clarifies
Galatasaray's president, Dursun Ozbek, also clarified the situation, stating in a press conference that while there is interest in Çalhanoğlu, he has not contacted him with a market perspective.
“Hakan Çalhanoğlu is the light of our eyes. He is an important player, every team would want him. My meeting with Hakan was not a market meeting. A group of friends was talking to him on the phone, they handed me the phone. We greeted each other, he told me he has been a Galatasaray fan since he was a child. I wished him the best.”
👀 In case of farewell? The names for post-Çalha
If Çalhanoğlu were to indeed say goodbye to Nerazzurri Milan, Inter will not be caught unprepared. According to Italian media, two names are already on the Nerazzurri management's list.
Ederson from Atalanta, coming off a great season and valued at 50 million, and Nicolò Rovella, Lazio's midfielder, protected by a release clause also set at 50 million euros.
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