On December 18th, Fanatik explained that Leeds United have been in regular contact with Galatasaray star Kerem Aktürkoğlu’s agent.
A day later, we covered claims from Turkey that the Whites have disrupted Lazio’s efforts to sign the 25-year-old this month.
Leeds and the Serie A side’s interest in the Turkey international is discussed by Akşam. The Biancocelesti are closely following the forward while Daniel Farke’s side have stepped up their efforts.
It’s claimed the Championship side are keen on signing the player and have ‘taken action’ to secure his services.
Leeds are presented as being persistent in their desire to sign Aktürkoğlu, who, as per Akşam, is valued at €15m by the Turkish champions.
There’s belief a deal is expected to go through as the outlet claims the Istanbul club are ‘preparing to say goodbye’ to the attacker in January. They further add he’s very close to leaving Galatasaray and is ‘preparing’ to make a switch to the Championship.
This season, Aktürkoğlu has mainly operated on the left wing while Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has used him as an attacking midfielder on certain occasions. He’s scored eight goals and registered eight assists from 29 games.
It needs to be seem if this claim from Turkey will be backed up in England.
