Offers Confirmed For €40m Chelsea & Newcastle Target Who Has Been Involved In 6 Champions League Goals This Season

Besiktas striker Cenk Tosun has attracted widespread interest from across Europe this season.

Black Eagles head coach Senol Gunes confirmed for the first time that offers have been received for the star forward.

Gunes did however, underline that he wants to keep Tosun at the club but that he understands it may not be financially possible.

“There have been offers for Cenk,” Gunes said.

“As a manager I want to keep Cenk, from a footballing perspective I cannot let him go in January but the financial side of the argument could be signalling him to leave.

“If he does leave we have to reinvest the money in a striker of similar standard otherwise it is pointless.”

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Tosun has attracted a lot of interest from the Premier League.

The Sun recently reported that Crystal Palace made a £17.65 million bid for the 26-year-old.

The Eagles could however, face competition from Chelsea who have been scouting the forward according to Besiktas club secretary Ahmet Urkmezgil.

“We have no plans to sell Cenk Tosun, will this be the case in the future? that we don’t know, it may chance,” Cebi said.

“Our current stance is clear, we want Cenk to stay on.”

A source close to Besiktas revealed to Turkish-Football that Newcastle have also been keeping tabs on Tosun throughout the season.

Besiktas is not keen on selling the Turkish international in January and value their star man as being worth €40 million.

Tosun has four goals and two assists in the Champions League this season.

The star man played a key role in Besiktas becoming the first Turkish side to reach the Last 16 stage as group leaders.

The Besiktas ace picked up the Champions League Goal of the Group Stage award for the second season this season.

In total Tosun has 13 goals and three assists in all competitions this season.