Real Madrid President Florentino Perez announced a record transfer offer of at least €150 million for a young midfielder playing in the Champions League.
Explosive transfer statements from Fenerbahçe presidential candidate Hakan Safi ahead of the Extraordinary Congress: "They condemned us to players like Aatif Chahechouhe, you'll see who I will bring tonight!" Details of the giant congress inside.
Galatasaray has turned to the Turkish National Team's young star Can Uzun for the number 10 position in the new season's squad planning. According to the news from Germany's respected publication Sky Sport, by Florian Plettenberg and Luca Sixtus, the yellow-and-red club has started talks with Eintracht Frankfurt for the transfer of the 20-year-old player. While Frankfurt sporting director Markus Krösche is asking for a 50-60 million Euros transfer fee, it was stated that the player is also warm to leaving Germany. Can Uzun is expected to make his decision at the latest after the World Cup.
An important stage has been recorded in the transfer project of Fenerbahçe presidential candidate Hakan Safi. According to journalist Yağız Sabuncuoğlu's news, the Turkish National Team's experienced centre-back Merih Demiral has reached an agreement in principle with the yellow-and-blues. The Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli is demanding a transfer fee between 18-20 million Euros for the international player. Merih, who grew up in the Fenerbahçe academy and went to Europe without being able to make his first professional career in the A team, has come closer to wearing the Fenerbahçe jersey he has long dreamed of. For the transfer to become official, the result of the presidential election on June 6-7 will be awaited.
Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme will soon announce his own head coach candidate after Florentino Perez announced José Mourinho. According to the latest news Fabrizio Romano gave on his YouTube channel, the name Riquelme prefers will be Jürgen Klopp. "Enrique Riquelme will soon announce the new manager he wants; sources tell me that should be Jürgen Klopp," said Romano, reminding that on Florentino's side Mourinho has already been officially announced. Before the Real Madrid presidential election on Sunday June 7, the head coach race between the two candidates ignited with the last move.
The search for a new head coach at Beşiktaş has reached the final stage. According to the Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Vincenzo Italiano, who left Bologna, is in the first place on the list of the black-and-whites. Sporting Director Önder Özen held a direct meeting with the 48-year-old Italian coach; according to claims, Italiano accepted the conditions. If a refusal comes from the Italiano side, on Beşiktaş's Plan B are Konyaspor Head Coach İlhan Palut and Başakşehir Head Coach Nuri Şahin. Başakşehir President Göksel Gümüşdağ had announced that he closed the doors to Nuri Şahin's departure.
For the Portuguese star Bernardo Silva, whose contract with Manchester City has ended and who has become a free agent, Galatasaray is preparing a new offer. According to Milliyet and Fotomaç, the yellow-and-red management is ready to offer 15 million Euros annual salary to the 30-year-old midfielder. However, according to the news of the Spanish SER radio conveyed by Yeni Şafak, Bernardo Silva reached an agreement in principle with Barcelona; the official signing of the transfer, which Hansi Flick is claimed to have approved, is expected to be done after the World Cup. Apart from Galatasaray, there are also intense offers from Saudi Arabian clubs and American teams.
Istanbul 23rd Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced Fenerbahçe Sports Club President Sadettin Saran and his brother Alan Kenan Saran to 2 years 6 months each in prison and a judicial fine of 562,500 liras each for the crime of "advertising or by various means encouraging people to play illegal betting". The case arose from the allegation that the virtual advertising spaces during matches broadcast on the S Sport+ platform under Saran İnternet Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş, owned by the Saran family, belonged to illegal betting sites. The decision came only two days before Fenerbahçe's Extraordinary Election General Assembly.
According to the Telegraph, Nottingham Forest turned down Manchester City's first bid for English national midfielder Elliot Anderson. Forest is demanding a fee similar to the £115 million Chelsea paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo in summer 2023. City's opening bid was around £80 million. In the news also confirmed by The Athletic's David Ornstein, it was emphasised that City's new head coach Enzo Maresca and sporting director Hugo Viana see the 23-year-old Anderson as a priority name in the midfield core renewal plan. Manchester United is also in the race but behind given Forest's demand.
Manchester City responded with an official denial to Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme's statement on Wednesday evening on the El Hormiguero programme "If I win, Haaland will come to Real Madrid". The club's statement included these expressions: "The stories which have emerged from Spain are untrue. There is no chance of this happening and there is no contractual clause to enable it. We are considering legal action for the use of our player image in this context." City management treated Riquelme's shirt stunt as a "brand violation" and signalled lawsuit.
According to information conveyed by The Athletic, Manchester United have added Newcastle United's 21-year-old English left-back Lewis Hall to their priority target list for the 2026 summer transfer window. The deal could reach a transfer fee of over £50 million. Hall knows Manchester United's recruitment director Christopher Vivell from his past Chelsea days. Although Newcastle initially do not want to sell the player, the financial pressure of not being able to participate in European cups could force the club into squad renewal.
