Turkish club Besiktas have halted negotiations with Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah, with sporting director Onder Ozen saying the club has stepped away from the proposed deal after financial discussions became increasingly complicated.<\/p>\n
Salah has been linked with a move to Besiktas during the ongoing summer transfer window following his departure from English club Liverpool.<\/p>\n
According to Ozen, negotiations had progressed beyond preliminary discussions, with club officials holding several meetings with the Egypt captain before financial and image-rights demands emerged as major obstacles.<\/p>\n
Ozen revealed that he and Besiktas coach Vincenzo Italiano held three meetings with Mohamed Salah during the initial stages of negotiations.<\/p>\n
He described Salah as a global star with significant international stature and said discussions initially progressed smoothly.<\/p>\n
The situation reportedly changed when negotiations moved toward the financial terms of a potential agreement.<\/p>\n
According to the sporting director, talks began slowing from July 21 as demands emerged that Besiktas believed could push negotiations toward a dead end.<\/p>\n
Financial terms were not the only issue complicating the proposed transfer.<\/p>\n
Ozen said demands involving Salah’s image rights also emerged during negotiations, including conditions he claimed Besiktas had never previously granted to another player.<\/p>\n
The sporting director suggested Salah himself might not have been aware of all the details being discussed on his behalf.<\/p>\n
Ozen emphasized that Besiktas operates according to established principles and said the club’s president had determined the point beyond which negotiations should not continue.<\/p>\n
Rather than making what he described as a populist decision, the club opted to take what it considered a realistic approach and leave the negotiating table.<\/p>\n
Signing a player of Salah’s international profile would represent a major sporting and commercial move for Besiktas, but the Turkish club appears unwilling to exceed its established limits to complete the transfer.<\/p>\n
Despite the breakdown in talks, Ozen’s language leaves some room for a possible revival.<\/p>\n
He said the Mohamed Salah file had been temporarily closed and \u201cput on the shelf,\u201d suggesting negotiations are inactive rather than necessarily finished permanently.<\/p>\n
A change in financial demands or other circumstances could therefore potentially reopen discussions.<\/p>\n
For now, however, Besiktas have stepped away from negotiations.<\/p>\n
Salah remains one of the biggest names in world football and among the most prominent Arab and African players of his generation.<\/p>\n
His long and highly successful career in the Premier League has also made his next destination one of the closely watched stories of the summer transfer market.<\/p>\n
The revelation that Besiktas held three meetings with Salah demonstrates the seriousness of the Turkish club’s interest, even though negotiations ultimately stalled over the proposed terms.<\/p>\n
With Besiktas now shelving the deal, attention will turn to Salah’s next move, and whether the Turkish club eventually returns to the negotiating table or another destination emerges before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Turkish club Besiktas have halted negotiations with Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah, with sporting director Onder Ozen saying the club has stepped away from the proposed deal after financial discussions became increasingly complicated. Salah has been linked with a move to Besiktas during the ongoing summer transfer window following his departure from English club Liverpool. According to Ozen, negotiations had progressed beyond preliminary discussions, with club officials holding several meetings with the Egypt captain before financial and image-rights demands emerged as major obstacles. Besiktas Held Three Meetings With Salah Ozen revealed that he and Besiktas coach Vincenzo Italiano held three meetings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n