Victor Osimhen remains Turkey’s highest-paid footballer despite Mohamed Salah’s blockbuster move to Trabzonspor, with the Super Eagles striker’s combined earnings at Galatasaray still comfortably outstripping his Egyptian rival’s guaranteed salary, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Salah, who left Liverpool as a free agent at the end of the 2025/26 season, completed his move to the Black Sea club on a two-year deal running until the summer of 2028, worth a net salary of €17m per season, a figure that on its own eclipses Osimhen’s €15m net base wage at Galatasaray.
The move makes Salah one of the biggest names ever to play in the Süper Lig and, in terms of basic wages alone, one of the highest earners in Turkish football history.
However, Osimhen’s contract, which runs until June 2029 following his own blockbuster move to Istanbul, also carries a €1m annual loyalty bonus and a €5m image-rights payment every season, lifting his guaranteed yearly package to €21m, a full €4m clear of Salah’s fixed wage.
Those additional clauses mean that, while Salah edges the Nigerian on basic salary, Osimhen retains the higher overall guaranteed income of the two.
