Brighton & Hove Albion announce the signing of full-back Ferdi Kadioglu from Fenerbahce on a four-year deal.
Brighton & Hove Albion have completed the signing of full-back Ferdi Kadioglu from Fenerbahce.
The 24-year-old has put pen to paper on a four-year contract at the Amex Stadium and was unveiled to the Seagulls supporters before the club’s EFL Cup second-round tie at home to Crawley Town on Tuesday night.
Kadioglu joins Brighton for undisclosed terms, but the Seagulls are believed to have forked out around €30m (£25.3m) to secure his services.
Brighton managed to fend off interest from the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund, who were all linked with the defender earlier this summer.
The 20-cap Turkey international becomes Brighton’s ninth signing of the summer transfer window after Matt O’Riley, Georginio Rutter, Yankuba Minteh, Mats Wieffer, Brajan Gruda, Malick Yalcouye, Amario Cozier-Duberry and Ibrahim Osman, who has since joined Eredivisie club Feyenoord on loan.
Brighton have now spent almost £200m on their new recruits, with only Chelsea (£204m) have forked out more across Europe so far this summer.
More to follow.
