Besiktas have reached an agreement for a major signing this summer, bringing in Tammy Abraham from Roma.
Still just 27 years old, Abraham has been in Italy since moving to Roma from Chelsea in 2021.
However, he moved to AC Milan on loan last season, where he scored 10 goals in 44 games across all competitions.
His first season with Roma was a huge success as he scored 27 goals, but things have tailed off for him since then, not helped by a serious injury.
The 11-cap England international is now off to Turkey, with transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reporting that an agreement has been hashed out between the clubs and the player is ready to make the move.
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Confirmation is yet to be reached, but Abraham is due to fly to Türkiye and is expected to complete the switch in the near future.
The deal has been done for a fee of ‘around’ €20m (£17.1m) with Besiktas hoping the Englishman can help them challenge closer to the top of the Super Lig table next season.
Galatasaray comfortably won the league, with Besiktas finishing fourth and 33 points behind the champions.
There were encouraging signs under Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer, though, after the former Manchester United boss took over in mid-January, beating Gala when they met in March.
Abraham will be joining a Besiktas front line which was led by Ciro Immobile last season, finishing the club’s top-scorer with 19 goals in all competitions at 35 years old.
He will also be playing alongside fellow Englishman Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has been with Besiktas since 2023.
Abraham’s career was badly hampered by a serious injury, suffering an ACL tear in April 2023 which sidelined him for a year.
When he left Roma for Milan in August 2024 he said he was still recovering from the problem.
‘When I saw Milan were interested in me I did nothing but wait, telling myself a thousand times that it was the place I wanted to be,’ he said last year.
‘Physically I feel better. I am still recovering from my injury but I feel really good.
‘Wanting to leave Roma? No. It’s not that I’ve lost faith at all, but the fans know how important Roma are to me. But sometimes in life there are cases in which you have to move up a level, set the bar higher, and I have I thought this was the right opportunity. I wish Roma the best, but now I’m focused on Milan.
‘The first year went very well with Roma, then the second was more difficult. The players are human beings and the injury dragged me down for some time, but this at Milan is my great opportunity to demonstrate that I’m back. My ambition is always to win.’
