Turkish talent Güler poised for Bundesliga switch, coach claims
In an interview with Turkish sports radio station Radyo Gol, a source close to Turkish teenage phenom Arda Güler of Fenerbahçe Istanbul has said that the attacker is on the verge of a move to German football.
Ranked as one of the most highly rated teenage talents in the world, 18-year-old attacking midfielder/winger Arda Güler of Fenerbahçe Istanbul has frequently rumored to be on the move this summer. The youngster - carrying an estimated market worth of €15 million in the latest transfermarkt listings - is available (according to Italian transfer guru Fabrizio Romano) via a €17.5 million exit clause in his current contract.
Güler has been linked with a plethora of clubs in top leagues such as the EPL, Serie A, and La Liga. If one of the player's youth coaches is to believed, however, the now four-times-capped Turkish senior international has opted for a move to the Bundesrepublik. Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig are the two German clubs thought to be interested in his services.
In an interview with Turkish sports radio station Radyo Gol, Güler's youth coach Erol Tokgözler let it slip that a Bundesliga move was in the cards. The trainer admitted that he himself did not know to which German UCL side the player would transfer, only that Güler and his family had made their decision.
"I spoke with Arda Güler's father two days ago," Tokgözler said in his interview, "The two are in the process of making a decision. As I understood his father, he will move to Germany. It could be Dortmund or Leipzig."