Besiktas’ Tolgay has €5 million release clause in contract
[divider]Besiktas’ new transfer Tolgay Arslan has a €5 million release clause in his contract according to various newspapers in Turkey including Takvim.
According to the report Besiktas wanted the 25-year-old’s release clause to be set at €8 million but the request was rejected by the players agent. The clause can only be activated by foreign clubs.
Arslan was closely linked with Arsenal and a number of Italian clubs prior to his transfer to Beşiktaş.
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Trabzonspor were also in talks with the former HSV midfielder and were reported to have offered better terms.
Arslan joined the Black Eagles on a €400,000 transfer from Hamburg on a 3.5 year deal yesterday. The assiduous midfielder will make €650,000 until the end of the current league campaign and €1.3 million next season.
The 24-year-old scored on his debut for the Black Eagles in the Turkish Cup last week.