Galatasaray have rejected a bid of €125 million for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, reaffirming their determination to hold onto the Nigerian forward despite mounting pressure from European clubs ahead of the summer transfer window, Sports Extra reports.
The offer, reported by Forza Cimbom, was immediately turned down by the Turkish champions, who have also previously rebuffed a €120 million proposal from Atletico Madrid.
Manchester United, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid all remain in pursuit of the 27-year-old, but Galatasaray have made clear that no offer below their asking price will be entertained.
It is a valuation that the Istanbul club feel is justified by Osimhen’s extraordinary output since arriving in Turkey.
The former Napoli striker has scored 59 goals in 74 appearances for Galatasaray, including 15 league goals and five assists in 22 matches this season, as well as seven goals and three assists in 10 UEFA Champions League appearances before the club’s elimination by Liverpool in the round of 16.
The club’s resolve to keep Osimhen has been further stiffened by the expected departure of Argentine forward Mauro Icardi, whose contract expires at the end of June. Losing both forwards in the same window would leave Galatasaray dangerously thin in attack as they look to maintain their dominance in the Turkish Süper Lig and make a stronger impression in Europe next season.
Sports Extra previously reported that Galatasaray are prepared to offer Osimhen both the captain’s armband and the iconic No. 9 jersey — currently occupied by Icardi — as part of a retention strategy designed to give the Nigerian a deeper emotional and symbolic investment in the club’s future.
Club officials are said to believe that such gestures of leadership and identity may not be immediately available to Osimhen at clubs like United, Arsenal or Chelsea, where established dressing-room hierarchies already exist.
Osimhen himself has repeatedly spoken warmly of his time in Istanbul and expressed a desire to remain at the club, though the sustained interest from some of European football’s heaviest spenders ensures his future will remain a subject of speculation for the duration of the window.