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Brighton and Hove Albion have completed the signing of defender Ferdi Kadioglu from Fenerbahce in a deal worth around £25million ($33m).
On Friday, Fenerbahce confirmed they had given permission for Kadioglu to travel for talks and a medical with Brighton.
The versatile 24-year-old has signed a four-year deal that will keep him at the club until at least 2028.
Kadioglu becomes Brighton’s ninth signing of the summer transfer window joining the arrivals of Matt O’Riley, Georginio Rutter, Yankuba Minteh, Mats Wieffer, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Malick Yalcouye, Brajan Gruda, and Ibrahim. .. Andy Naylor24 Fenerbahce say they have given permission for Ferdi Kadioglu to travel to Brighton & Hove Albion for talks over his possible transfer.
The versatile left-back impressed for Turkey at this summer’s European Championship and has made over 200 first-team appearances for Fenerbahce.
Any Brighton move for the 24-year-old would come after the south coast club sanctioned left-back Valentin Barco’s season-long loan move to Sevilla.
Jack Hinshelwood started at left-back in the club’s opening day Premier League victory at Everton, after returning from three months out with a foot. .. Colin Millar41 Wilfried Zaha has returned to Galatasaray training in the absence of a deal to leave the club.
Leicester City have been working on a loan for the 31-year-old, while his former club Crystal Palace also explored the possibility.
But Zaha’s potential return to the Premier League is in jeopardy because of the tax implications associated with a move back from Turkey.
Zaha joined Galatasaray as a free agent last summer but he has fallen down the pecking order in Istanbul, leading Leicester and Palace to consider the winger.
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