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Turkish Super Lig teams closed the 2025 summer transfer window on Friday after record outlays of $359 million (€421 million) on transfers, placing eighth worldwide, FIFA reported.
The transfer window opened on June 30 and remained active for 75 days, slightly longer than in most European countries.
During this period, Super Lig clubs signed 213 players. Of those, 64 were recruited domestically, while 149 arrived from abroad.
According to FIFA's transfer system report, nearly half of Türkiye’s total spending came from Galatasaray, which invested €148 million in new players.
The standout deal was the €75 million signing of Victor Osimhen from Napoli, setting both a national record for the highest fee ever paid by a Turkish club and ranking as the seventh most expensive transfer worldwide in the 2025 summer market.
The club also secured Monaco’s Wilfried Singo (€30 million) and Trabzonspor’s goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir (€27 million).
Galatasaray’s total outlay placed it 14th globally among all clubs for summer transfer spending.
In the past 25 years, only three times has a Turkish club entered the global top 20 spenders in a summer window—Fenerbahce in 2006–2007 (17th) and in 2009–2010 and 2012–2013 (both 18th).
With its record €148 million outlay this year, Galatasaray placed 14th worldwide, breaking both its own record and Türkiye’s national record.
Fenerbahce followed with €87 million, the highest transfer budget in its history.
Besiktas spent €38 million, also a club record, while Trabzonspor allocated €24 million.
Together, the "big four"—Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, and Trabzonspor—accounted for 96% of Türkiye’s total, equal to €297 million.
Besiktas is expected to raise its outlays further, with another €38 million due next season for the transfers of Orkun Kokcu and Tammy Abraham.
FIFA reported that worldwide transfer activity in men’s football reached an all-time high of $9.76 billion in the 2025 summer period, up 50% from the previous year.
Women’s football also saw record growth, with spending rising 80% to $12.3 million.
The English Premier League led the global rankings with $3.19 billion in spending, supported by broadcasting revenues of $8.4 billion. German Bundesliga clubs spent $980 million, and Italian Serie A clubs spent $950 million, while Saudi Arabia also emerged as a key spender.
On a per-player basis, English clubs paid an average fee of €5 million, followed by Saudi clubs at €4.5 million and Italian clubs at €2.6 million.
In contrast, the average fee per player in Türkiye stood at €1.3 million.
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