Ivory Coast defender and captain Serge Aurier has joined Galatasaray from Nottingham Forest until the end of the season, the Turkish club announced on Friday.
🚨🟡🔴 Official, confirmed. Galatasaray sign both Carlos Vinicius from Fulham and Serge Aurier from Forest.
🇧🇷 Carlos Vinicius on loan for €1.2m total fee & salary coverage.
🇨🇮 Aurier, permanent move for €800k total package on contract until June — then he’ll be free agent. pic.twitter.com/jW3z644Lra
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 2, 2024
The right-back has led the hosts to the last eight of the African Cup of Nations, where they will face Mali in Bouake on Saturday.
At Galatasaray the 31-year-old will fill the gap left by the recent departure to Bayern Munich of Frenchman Sacha Boey.
Aurier, who has played for Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-Germain in France, moved to the Premier League to join Tottenham in 2017 and signed for Forest in 2022.
He has also played for Villarreal in Spain in the 2021-2022 season.
He was part of the Ivory Coast team that won the 2015 African Cup of Nations.
Türkiye’nin en büyüğüne hoş geldin Serge Aurier! 💛❤️ pic.twitter.com/udmFIOzp9d
— Galatasaray SK (@GalatasaraySK) February 2, 2024
Galatasaray, Turkey’s most successful club, are locked in battle with arch-rivals Fenerbahce at the top of Turkish Super Lig.
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