Victor Osimhen has joined Galatasaray on a season-long loan from Napoli, the Turkish club announced on Wednesday.
Galatasaray will pay the 25-year-old Nigeria international €6 million ($6.65 million) net for the 2024-2025 season, the club said in a statement, with Napoli adding that the deal runs until the end of June.
Osimhen signed a contract extension with the Italian club last December until 2026 with a release clause of 130 million euros.
Napoli have also reached an agreement with Osimhen that means he retains an option to extend his contract until 2027, the Serie A club said in a statement.
Osimhen, 25, had been the subject of considerable transfer interest from across Europe this summer but attempts by Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain to sign the striker failed and he instead sealed a temporary move to the Turkish Super Lig.
The Nigeria international has also been heavily linked with Al Ahli, with sources telling ESPN that Napoli had accepted an €80 million ($88.5m) bid from the Saudi Pro League side, but Osimhen expressed doubts about leaving European football.
Osimhen was not included in Antonio Conte's official 23-man squad for this season's Serie A, and a move to Galatasaray offers him a route back to first-team football.
While transfer windows in many of Europe's top leagues closed last week, the transfer window in Turkey is open until September 18.
Osimhen joined Napoli in 2020 and made 133 appearances for the Serie A club, scoring 76 times.
In 2022-23, he helped the team win its first Shield since 1990, scoring 26 times that season, although his form faltered in an injury-hit 2023-24 campaign as Napoli finished 10th.
Galatasaray are in this season's revamped Europa League under the management of Okan Buruk.
The Istanbul-based club have won all three of their games to start the 2023-24 league campaign, one point behind Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce with a game in hand.
Information from ESPN's James Olley and Reuters contributed to this report.
