For much of the summer, it appeared that Super Eagles defender Bright Osayi-Samuel would be crossing enemy lines to sign with Besiktas.
The 27-year-old, whose contract with Fenerbahce expires at the end of June, rebuffed all attempts at a renewal, and looked set to join their city rivals. Per reports, both parties had agreed on a three-year contract, and the full-back was expected to come in for a medical on Saturday night.
However, a startling last-minute request has thrown a spanner into the works, and has Besiktas ready to move on from Osayi-Samuel. “We have alternatives ready,” President Serdal Adali said, as reported by Milliyet.
Is Bright Osayi-Samuel’s Besiktas move dead?
With Besiktas waiting for the Nigeria international to turn up, they instead received a stunning request from the player’s father.
According to Turkish media, a salary between €1.7 and €1.9 million a year had been agreed with Osayi-Samuel but, at the last minute, his father demanded an additional €300,000 – it is unclear at this time whether this was on top of the base salary or in the form of performance bonuses.
💥 Beşiktaş'ta, Osayi-Samuel transferinin neden olumsuz sonuçlandığına dair detaylar ortaya çıktı.
🚨 Osayi'nin babası, Beşiktaş'tan sezon başına 300 Bin € daha ücret isteyince, Siyah-Beyazlı ekip bu transferde defteri kapattı. (@sahinogluogun) https://t.co/8eBeZC14cn pic.twitter.com/B3ZAMiBE2Q
— Gündem Beşiktaş (@gundembjkcom) June 29, 2025
“We have decided to stop the transfer due to the meaningless wishes of Osayi-Samuel's father, which changed at the last minute,” Adali said, while explaining that the transfer is not entirely dead. “We are waiting to hear from the other side. If it meets the conditions that we have talked about before, he will come.”
