Complete Galatasaray Signature of Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira and Belgium forward Dries Mertens, Turkish Super League side announced Monday.
saddle with heavy and tight debts budgetGalatasaray struggled to 13th place in The league last season.
fans of The record The Turkish champion 22 times welcomed Monday players at the Air port on Sunday when they arrive for final Medical examinations.
Mertens is 35 years old but joins After nine impressive seasons with Napoli, where the versatile winger became the club’s all-time top scorer. he is netted 148 goals in All competitions for The Italian League side.
“It was an honor to receive an offer from Galatasaray,” Mertens said. in Twitter post. “I am happy and excited.”
Mertens joins Turkish side on Free transfer and sign a contract to keep it in Istanbul until 2023.
Torrera joins Galatasaray on four year contract. number financial Details have been provided but the transfer has been reported worth About 5 million pounds ($6.04 million).
Torreira, 26 years old won FA cup with Arsenal and then La Liga on loan with Atletico Madrid. he is also like in Italian Serie A last The season he played 35-times on Loan in Fiorentina.
“I’m very happy with The decision I madeIt was a good idea oneTorreira told ClubTV. “I’m looking forward forward to start this new adventure. “
“The most important thing is to try to get used to the city also to reach it know The clubMy teammates. I want training already. “
Torrera joined Arsenal in July 2018 from Sampdoria and made Almost 90 appearances for Premier League club.
Go on last two seasons on Loan – first at Atlético Madrid, which helped them win the 2020-21 La Liga title, then with Back to the Italian Serie A joining Fiorentina.
