Arsenal have been pursuing Turkey winger Oguz Aydin previous to his €6m (£5m) switch to Fenerbahce earlier this month, the president of his former membership has claimed.
Aydin completed 2023/24 with 20 targets and assists within the Tremendous Lig after a blistering finish to the marketing campaign – he discovered the online ten instances in Alanyaspor’s closing 12 video games alone. However that wasn’t sufficient to make Turkey’s closing Euro 2024 squad after being included on the provisional record.
It nonetheless introduced him summer season switch consideration, although. Cihan Aktas, president of Bucaspor the place Dutch-born Aydin began out within the youth ranks as a 16-year-old, advised that Arsenal have been amongst these monitoring the participant as they eyed a possible discount.
Galatasary had a blistering 2023/24 as they broke via the 100-point barrier to say the Tremendous Lig title forward of Fenerbahce, who themselves completed on 99. However that seemingly wasn’t sufficient to persuade Aydin to affix them as soon as Fenerbahce president Ali Koc, from one in all Turkey’s wealthiest and strongest enterprise households, decisively turned concerned within the switch saga.
“Oguz is a participant who takes the stage at sudden moments and wins matches,” Aktas informed Turkish outlet Hurriyet. “Two Italian golf equipment and Arsenal have been after him. Galatasaray additionally wished him, however when Ali Koc stepped in, he turned a Fenerbahce participant.”
The explanation that Aktas has inside data of the switch is as a result of Bucaspor, who went bust throughout Aydin’s time there however assumed the identification of an present breakaway membership, profited from his switch as a result of a sell-on clause when he joined Alanyaspor.
The deal entitled Bucaspor, at the moment in Turkey’s third tier, to a hefty €1.8m.
For Arsenal, Aydin may need been thought-about an inexpensive gamble price taking provided that the Gunners are additionally closely linked with Spain’s Euro 2024 star Nico Williams, full with €58m (£49m) launch clause. The Athletic Membership winger could possibly be thought-about an improve on Gabriel Martinelli, albeit harshly, however a dependable central striker is arguably nonetheless of better significance to finish the puzzle.
