"Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer negotiations begin" Besiktashi club 'Official announcement'

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Turkiye's professional football Besiktashi JK club officially announced that it has begun negotiations on the transfer of Oh Hyun-kyu (25KRC Genk).

The Besiktashi club said on its official channel, including its website, on the 4th (Korea Standard Time), "We have started negotiations with the player and his club (Henk) regarding Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer."

As the Besiktashi club has publicly confirmed the news of Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer negotiations, Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer to Besiktashi seems to have actually entered the final stage.

According to local reports such as reporter Ertan Xuizguin, videos and photos of Oh Hyun-kyu, who has already arrived in Turkiye, have also been released.

Oh Hyun-kyu is expected to complete his transfer to Besiktashi after going through the final procedures related to the transfer, including the medical test of the Besiktashi club.

The transfer market of major European leagues, including the English Premier League (EPL), has already closed, but the transfer market of the Turkiye Schiffer League is until the 6th local time, so transfer is possible.

According to local reports, Oh Hyun-kyu's transfer fee is likely to be 15 million euros (about 25.9 billion won), and if Oh Hyun-kyu transfers in the future, Genk will receive an additional 10% of the transfer fee.

Earlier, Besiktashi proposed 12 million euros (about 20.7 billion won) to recruit Oh Hyun-kyu, but after being rejected, he reached an agreement with Genk by adding more transfer fees and options.

Oh Hyun-kyu, who is also a national striker, left Suwon Samsung in January 2023 to move to Celtic and then moved to Genk in the summer of 2024. He has scored in double digits for two consecutive seasons, including 10 goals and 3 assists this season.

At the end of last year's transfer market, rumors of a transfer to Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga were raised, and a medical test was conducted, but the transfer was finally canceled due to a history of knee cruciate ligament injuries as a child.

Rumors of an EPL Fulham transfer were raised in the transfer market this winter, but the transfer negotiations did not materialize in the end, and the opportunity to enter the big league was canceled again as the EPL transfer market ended.

Instead, Besiktashi, who has continued to show interest in recruiting Oh Hyun-kyu, negotiated with Genk and finally reached an agreement, entering the final stage of the transfer. Besiktash's club needed to reinforce its striker to fill the void of Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa).

Oh Hyun-kyu also played a key role in Genk at one point, but recently, the team's position has declined, with more games missing even after being listed as a replacement list.

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