Daniel Farke is desperate to bring Kerem Akturkoglu to Elland Road, and Leeds United and Galatasaray are in talks
about him. However, his remarks this week deal a serious damage to our hopes.
This week, it was revealed that Leeds was in “frequent” talks to sign the 25-year-old. Akturkoglu has been playing
well this season, contributing to 16 goals in his 28 appearances. Against Manchester United, two goals.
The 26-time Turkey star, who is valued at £13 million, defeated Fatih Karagumruk 1-0 on Wednesday night by
scoring the game-winning goal. Akturkoglu, who is also rumored to be intriguing to Serie A team Lazio, is someone
Galatasaray wants to keep.
Despite Hakim Ziyech and Mauro Icardi’s presence, captain on Wednesday night, Akturkoglu talked on his club’s
website following his ninth goal of 23–24 the previous night. He discussed the departure of his side from Europe.
Manchester United was behind Galatasaray in their Champions League group standings. They will play Sparta
Prague in the Europa League following Christmas. February 15 is the opening leg.
Leeds United suffered a blow yesterday night from Kerem Akturkoglu’s remarks.
Following January, Akturkoglu expressed his ambition to succeed in the Europa League: “Today on the field, we can
see the demoralization brought about by our Champions League elimination. We dreamed.
“We moved on from that side and will now embark on our Europa League journey. We want to go much farther there
and be lot more successful,” Akturkoglu continued in his post-match remarks on Wednesday.
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