Sport.co.uk understands that Galatasaray captain Arda Turan looks set to be made available in the summer following a number of enquiries during the January transfer window according to the player’s chief representative.
The Premier League quartet of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have been perennially linked with the 23-year-old playmaker who has performed well in a poor campaign for Galatasaray thus far which sees the Lions sitting in seventh place in the SPORTTOTO SuperLig.
“Of course there has been a lot of interest, from the Premier League and Spain, but the club does not want to sell Arda at the moment. In six months we will see.” Ahmet Bulut told Sport.co.uk.
“He has two years left on his contract. For sure, he will stay until the end of the season then after we will see. At the moment he is staying because he is the captain of the team, but then we will see.
Turan, 23, had been quoted previously as saying it would be a dream to move to Anfield while Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp had an offer which included Giovanni Dos Santos rejected in the summer. Chelsea and Arsenal are also monitoring the situation.
Turan is an icon in Turkey and one of the most exciting prospects the country has produced, with many Galatasaray fans drawing comparisons with former Gala playmaker and Romanian international Gheorghe Hagi, currently his manager at the Turkish giants.
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