Galatasaray have agreed a deal to sign Holland midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan, the Turkish club have confirmed.
On Goals on Sunday Liverpool captain
Steven Gerrard said he would like to see Sneijder arrive at Anfield, but
it appears his appeal was too late.
The 28-year-old has been locked in
contract talks with Galatasaray since Inter accepted an £8.3 million bid
for his services two weeks ago, and has put pen to paper on a deal
believed to be worth £120,000-per-week.
Inter exit: Wesley Sneijder (pictured,
left) poses in the shirt of his new team, Galatasaray. The DUtch
midfielder had been linked with Manchester United, Tottenham and
Liverpool
A statement on galatasaray.org read: 'The transfer of Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan has been agreed.
'The conditions of the deal will be made public and the player will sign the contract after health checks.'
Gerrard said: 'He's a top player we've seen at every major tournament, he delivers.
'He's done it in the Champions League for years.
'But we have to see on his wages, the man I think gets paid very well. He'll have all kinds of options, I'm sure.
Plea: Liverpool captain said he would've liked to see Sneijder at Anfield
'But I'd like nothing more than to see him in a red shirt. I think he'd be a fantastic player for Liverpool Football Club.'
A short conversation between Inter
president Massimo Moratti and Sneijder was released on the Serie A
club's website earlier this evening, in which both parties revealed the
Dutch international was close to calling time on a successful spell at
the San Siro.
Reports in Italy and Holland suggested
Sneijder and his agent Soren Lerby met with Galatasaray director Lutfi
Arigogan in a Milan hotel this evening to finalise the details of a
three-and-a-half year contract.
Talent: Sneijder won the Champions
League, was a World Cup finalist and made it into both the UEFA and FIFA
teams of the year in 2010
Sneijder has not featured for the
Nerazzurri since a 2-0 victory at Chievo in September after publicly
refusing to take a two million euro pay cut on a contract that ran until
June 2015.
Head coach Andrea Stramaccioni
maintained the playmaker's absence from the first team was solely a
tactical decision, despite Inter's clear difficulty in keeping pace with
league leaders Juventus through an injury crisis.
This week saw Moratti urge Sneijder to
make a 'professional' decision over his future in Milan, where he won
the treble under Jose Mourinho in 2010. The pair cleared the air before
Sneijder headed for decisive talks with representatives of the Super Lig
leaders
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