Galatasaray might just have pulled off the coup of the summer transfer window after agreeing a deal to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli.
The Turkish champions have capitalised on Osimhen’s failure to secure a high-profile transfer to sign the forward on loan for the campaign.
Osimhen arrives in Istanbul regarded as one of the best centre-forwards in world football, with only Ronaldo Nazario and Cristiano Ronaldo boasting a better minute-per-goal ratio in Serie A.
He now finds himself in the unlikeliest of surroundings at Galatasaray, in arguably the biggest transfer coup in Turkish football history.
Ahead of the imminent announcement of Osimhen’s loan arrival, we’ve remembered five of football’s biggest statement signings.
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Five of football’s biggest statement signings ever
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona’s transfer to Napoli would just not happen in the modern day. The Italian side narrowly avoided relegation from Serie A the previous season, had never won a league title, but were still able to sign the Argentine genius for a world-record fee.
Maradona had not yet reached the heights that have seen some label him the finest footballer to have lived, but in two seasons at Barcelona had delivered 38 goals in 58 games. Controversy on and off the pitch and a chequered injury record saw the Spanish side prepared to cash in, however, in the belief that Maradona the player was not quite w...