07.08.2026 14:50
After Trabzonspor added Mohamed Salah, who left Liverpool, to their squad, a striking detail regarding the transfer emerged. Araklı Mayor Hüseyin Avni Coşkun Çebi thanked individuals, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for their contributions to Salah's transfer to the claret-blue club.
Trabzonspor have added Mohamed Salah, who left Liverpool, to their squad. The claret-blue club signed a 2-year contract with the Egyptian star.
In its statement regarding the financial details of the agreement with Salah, the club used the following expressions:
"According to the agreement, the player will be paid a total guaranteed fee of 17 million euros, comprising an annual salary of 10 million euros and a signing fee of 7 million euros for each football season. Under the agreement, conditional bonuses will also be paid to the player for each football season. Additionally, within the scope of the image rights contract signed with the player, the player will receive a 20 percent share from products sold specifically under 'Mohamed Salah' at our merchandising company."
ERDOGAN DETAIL IN MOHAMED SALAH TRANSFER
Araklı Mayor Hüseyin Avni Coşkun Çebi published a thank-you message following Mohamed Salah's transfer to Trabzonspor. In his message, Çebi placed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the top of the names he stated had efforts and contributions in the transfer.
"FIRST AND FOREMOST TO OUR PRESIDENT, MR. RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN"
Çebi used the following expressions in his statement:
"I sincerely thank, first and foremost, our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had efforts and contributions in bringing such an important name as world star Mohamed Salah to our Trabzonspor;
Our Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Mr. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu,
Our former Minister of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Berat Albayrak,
Our AK Party Deputy Chairman and Trabzon Deputy, Mr. Mustafa Şen,
Our Trabzon Deputies, Mr. Adil Karaismailoğlu, Mr. Vehbi Koç, and Mr. Yılmaz Büyükaydın,
Our AK Party Trabzon Provincial Chairman, Mr. Sezgin Mumcu,
Our Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, Mr. Ahmet Metin Genç,
Our Trabzonspor President, Mr. Ertuğrul Doğan, and the esteemed board of directors, as well as everyone who had efforts in this great transfer.
I wish this great transfer to be beneficial for our Trabzonspor, our community, and Turkish football, and I welcome Mohamed Salah to our claret-blue family.
I extend my gratitude to everyone who contributed."
ERDOGAN HAD ALSO STEPPED IN FOR KANTE TRANSFER
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had also played a role in resolving the crisis during the transfer process of N'Golo Kante, whom Fenerbahçe was making moves to add to their squad. After the transfer process was completed, Fenerbahçe also published a thank-you message to President Erdoğan.