Basaksehir joins the bid for Kalinic

The Turkish Basaksehir, which meets PSG, Manchester United and Leipzig in the group H of the Champions League, intends to sign Croatian international Nikola Kalinic from Atlético de Madrid.

The Istanbul club has been champion in the Turkish Super League last season, but the new campaign begins with frustration for accumulating three defeats in the first three days.

According to the coaching staff, the main problem lies in the attack line: the forwards who are in the squad are not able to finish the last plays, so the Turkish club's management is looking for a high-level striker urgently to compete in the group of death against PSG, United and the last semifinalist Leipzig.

He Besiktas has not yet taken the last step to sign Kalinic, thats why he Basaksehir It plans to commit to pay more than its neighboring rival.

As AS has learned, those responsible for Basaksehir They have contacted the representative of the Croatian forward to present the offer. The club can pay more than three million euros to Kalinic, because it has had 15 million income from the UEFA for participating in the group stage of the Champions In a direct way. In addition, he won a significant amount for being champion last season.

On the final days of the market, the two teams of Istanbul will compete for the signing of the forward Atlético de Madrid. Torino had also offered 2.3 million to Solin's striker.

IAGO HERRERÍN, NEAR THE BESIKTAS

Eric Alonso, representative of the goalkeeper of Athletic Club Iago Herrerín, he said he is contacting him Besiktas for the transfer of the footballer. The 32-year-old goalkeeper wants to go play for the Turkish club. If you get a specific offer, Herrerín will leave the Basque club free.

According Alonso, no agreement was reached with the Galatasaray why Fernando Muslera He did not want Herrerín to come to the club: “Muslera said that a goalkeeper is not necessary, because he will play again in January. If it weren't for that, everyone at Galatasaray wanted to sign Herrerín. I think Muslera doesn't want to compete with Herrerín. Now Iago receives more than ten thousand messages from fans of the Besiktas so that he goes with them. “said Alonso.

He Galatasaray already signed a new goalkeeper two months ago, Fatih ozturk, from Kasimpasa to start until Muslera returns to play in January. Perhaps Alonso did not count on it.