Batrakov shirts enter Galatasaray's top-3 bestsellers — alongside Osimhen and Leão

Merchandise of 21-year-old Russian midfielder Aleksey Batrakov has become one of the best-selling items in the Istanbul club's official stores. Sellers reported demand from local fans and tourists, and the club, according to sources, is preparing an additional batch of 200,000 shirts.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 9 November 2026 at 03:472 min read

The key facts

Batrakov shirts have entered the top three most popular Galatasaray items alongside the kits of Osimhen and Leão
An adult shirt costs 6,250 lira (more than 10,000 rubles), with about five or six kits sold daily
The club plans to produce an additional 200,000 shirts with the Russian's name and expects to earn about seven million euros

Demand for the Russian's merchandise

Shirts of Russian midfielder Aleksey Batrakov have entered the top three most popular items among Galatasaray fans — in terms of demand, the 21-year-old Russian now stands alongside forwards Victor Osimhen and Rafael Leão. This was reported by staff of the Istanbul club's official stores to RIA Novosti, as Life.ru writes.

Prices and buyers

Sellers at the store on the central Istiklal street noted that the shirt with Batrakov's name has 'rapidly entered the top three most popular among the club's fans.' The store near Sirkeci station confirmed high demand: the shirts are bought not only by local fans but also by tourists, mostly from Russia; about five or six kits are sold daily. An adult shirt costs 6,250 Turkish lira — more than 10,000 rubles, adding a name and number costs another 750 lira (about 1,200 rubles), and a children's kit with printing is roughly 9,800 rubles. At the home stadium, RAMS Park, you can order a shirt with Batrakov's name written in Cyrillic.

Transfer context and the club's plans

Batrakov moved to Galatasaray from Moscow's Lokomotiv on August 20, 2026, signing a five-year contract, and quickly became one of the local crowd's favorites: in the last match of the Turkish championship he scored again, the team won its fifth game in a row and leads the standings with 28 points. The scale of demand is also confirmed by the club's plans: according to sources cited earlier by the outlet, Galatasaray is preparing an additional run of 200,000 shirts with the Russian's name and expects to earn about seven million euros from the new batch.