The key facts

  • Galatasaray plans to raise Batrakov's salary to €5 million and remove the €55 million release clause
  • The player moved from Lokomotiv in August 2026 for €25 million plus bonuses, with a contract until June 30, 2031
  • In the match against Amed (4:3), Batrakov scored a goal and was involved in the team's second

The club wants to improve the terms and remove the release clause

Galatasaray and Russia national team midfielder Alexey Batrakov may soon sign a new contract with the Istanbul club. This is reported by the Turkish outlet Sozcu, which is cited by Gazeta.Ru. According to the source, the club's leadership intends to raise the 21-year-old Russian's salary from €3.25 million to €5 million per year and remove the €55 million release clause from the agreement. Galatasaray representatives have already invited the player's agent Vladimir Kuzmichev to Istanbul.

What is known about the transfer and the player's current form

Batrakov moved from Moscow's Lokomotiv to Galatasaray in August 2026: the transfer fee was €25 million plus bonuses, and the current agreement runs until June 30, 2031. He has scored six goals for the Turkish club, four of which came in the Champions League. On November 7, in matchday 11 of the Turkish championship, Galatasaray beat Amed 4:3 at the RAMS Park stadium in Istanbul: Batrakov was involved in the second goal — after his low cross, the opposing goalkeeper put the ball into his own net — and scored the team's third goal himself. If the negotiations conclude as Sozcu describes, the club will effectively cement the player's status as a key figure: a nearly one-and-a-half-fold salary increase and the removal of the fixed buyout amount mean that Galatasaray seeks to reduce the risk of the footballer leaving via a release clause, while keeping the current contract until 2031.