Galatasaray and Rangers are currently €1m apart in their valuation of Rıdvan Yılmaz, with it currently a case of ‘wait and see’ on whether he’ll continue in Phillipe Clement’s squad.
That’s according to journalist Ali Naci Küçük, who says the Turkish side are yet to match Rangers demands, despite those in charge at Ibrox having lowered those demands.
Rıdvan Yılmaz has been linked with a move away from Rangers throughout this month, with Galatasaray keen on a potential deal for him as they’re in need of a left-back.
Negotiations have been ongoing for a while without a deal ever having been agreed, with it explained that talks between Rangers and Galatasaray were proving to be intense.
That was followed by an explanation that Rangers were sticking by their valuation of the player and wanted €4.5m for the defender. That was a figure Galatasaray were seemingly not keen to pay.
Küçük now provides the latest update on the matter, explaining that there is a €1m difference between the two sides at present.
“Rıdvan Yılmaz is still Galatasaray’s first option,” he said.
“Let’s point out that, well, Galatasaray increased the offer to €4m. Rangers decreased their asking price from €6m to €5m, the difference is €1m.
“Galatasaray wants to buy Rıdvan and wants to train him tomorrow evening. We will wait and see.”
The interesting thing is that earlier today, Rangers asking price was only €4.5m so quite why that’s been increased by €500,000 in the last few hours isn’t clear.
The obvious answer could be that Galatasaray are simply playing the media game, letting the story be that they’ve pulled Rangers down from €6m and thus making the €4.5m they don’t want to pay look more palatable.
One potential issue that hasn’t been mentioned until now is the player’s wages, which have also reportedly become a thing in the last few hours.
That’s according to journalist Erinç Bilican anyway, who, according to Forza Cimbom, has poured cold water on anything happening.
“Rangers want €5m for Rıdvan Yılmaz. Rıdvan himself wants a high salary. That’s why the probability of it happening is very low,” he is quoted as saying.
So, that’s €500,000 and the player’s demands now standing in the way of a deal being done, making it now unlikely to happen.
Given the Turkish transfer window doesn’t close until the 9th there’s still plenty of time to work things out but, the line in Turkey now seems to be frustration and a little bit of Galatasaray throwing their hands up, saying they tried, blaming eveyrone else and giving up.
