"Oh Hyun-kyu agrees to transfer to Besiktashi." Turkish media reported Turkiye of 25.8 billion won.

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Local reports continue that South Korea's national soccer team striker Oh Hyun-kyu (26) will leave Belgium's KRC Genk and move to Besikta, Turkiye.

Turkish and Belgian media, including Potomac, are rapidly reporting the news of Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer agreement to Besiktashi on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time).

"Besikta City has agreed on all conditions with Genk over Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer," Potomac said in a breaking news report, adding, "The transfer fee is 15 million euros (about 25.8 billion won), and the transfer will be confirmed within a few days."

According to reports, Besiktashi's club previously offered 12 million euros (about 20.6 billion won) to recruit Oh Hyun-kyu, but when Genk refused to do so, they reached an agreement by increasing the transfer fee.

Winter transfer markets in major European leagues such as the English Premier League (EPL) and Spain's Primera Liga have already been closed, but the Turkiye League transfer market is until midnight local time on February 6, so there are still more than three days left.

While there are already reports in Turkiye that Oh Hyun-kyu is preparing for a transfer, there is a lot of interest, with Oh Hyun-kyu recently listed as the most viewed player on the transfer site Transfermarkt.

If Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer to Besikta is confirmed as reported by both countries, Oh will take on a new challenge in a year and a half after moving to Genk in July 2024.

In the UEFA club rankings based on the last five seasons, Genk is 79th, and Besiktashi, a new team, is 114th. In the UEFA league rankings, Belgium is eighth and Turkiye is ninth.

Oh Hyun-kyu made his debut with Suwon Samsung in the K-League and moved to Celtic (Scotland) in 2023 based on his performance of scoring 14 goals in the 2022 season.

Having scored 12 goals in a season and a half for Celtic, he has grown into a notable striker in Europe after moving to Genk. He scored 12 goals and two assists in 41 official games in the first season of Genk's transfer, and again this season, he scored double-digit goals in 19 league games, six goals and three assists, and four goals in the UEFA Europa League.

Last summer, rumors of a transfer to Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga were raised at the end of the transfer market, but the entry into the big league was canceled due to the sudden collapse of negotiations even after medical tests. Rumors of an EPL Fulham transfer have been circulated in the transfer market, but the transfer has not been made, and a transfer to Besikta is likely.

Besiktashi is the fifth-ranked team in the Turkiye Schiffer League this season. With only 35 goals in 20 games, the gap is wide with Galatasaray (47 goals) and Fenerbahce (45 goals), which is believed to have selected Oh Hyun-kyu as an offensive reinforcement card to rebound in the second half.

Oh Hyun-kyu, who accompanied him as a reserve member during the FIFA Qatar World Cup 2022, is also considered a likely player to participate in the 2026 FIFA North American World Cup, consistently being called by coach Hong Myung-bo.

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