Arda Turan didn’t take long to find a new club after his contract with La Liga side Barcelona expired last month. Arda rejoined his boyhood club Galatasaray, who announced on social media on Wednesday that they have signed the 33-year-old player to a multi-year deal.

Turan was Barca’s player until recently but hasn’t played for the club since 2018. Instead, he spent two seasons on loan at Super-Lig side Istanbul Basaksehir, helping the club win their first domestic title in 2019/20.

Despite his success with Basaksehir, Turan opted to return to Galata where he played almost 200 games between 2004 and 2011.

“Emotions are very deep,” said Turan after inking the deal. “Now is not the time to comment and talk too much. It’s time for me to get on the field and fight. “

Arda Turan ended his first stint with Galatasaray by becoming the most expensive Turkish footballer of all-time and joining Atletico Madrid in 2011. With Atletico, Turan emerged as one of the better attacking midfielders in Europe which eventually brought him a $40 million transfer to Barcelona in 2015.

However, Turan never managed to settle in with Barca despite making 55 appearances across his first two seasons at Camp Nou. Eventually, he was labeled surplus upon Ernesto Valverde’s arrival and didn’t play a single game for the club since the end of 2016–17 season.

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Real Madrid, who looked to be in dire straits after winning only one point in their first two Champions League group stage matches, got back on track in a 0-1 win in Istanbul on Tuesday night.

The 2017 and 2018 Champions League winners took down a feisty Galatasaray side by the minimum to get back on track for qualification to the knockout stage of play.

German midfielder Toni Kroos scored the game-winning goal in the 17th minute of action after being set up by a brilliant pass by Eden Hazard. The veteran midfielder rocketed a shot into the top corner of the net that Galatasaray keeper Fernando Muslera could do nothing to stop.

Despite the two teams combining for 38 total shots (27 for Madrid and 11 for Galatasaray) and 16 shots on goal (13 for Madrid and 3 for Galatasaray), this was the only goal scored in the tense match.

Los Blancos’ defense was able to hold on to keep Galatasaray out of the net despite an offense that kept pushing and a rowdy crowd that did its best to give a burst of home-field advantage to the hosts.

Real Madrid now finds itself with 4 points in Group A of the competition, which puts them five points behind PSG, who has completed a perfect first half of the group stage.

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Arda Turan didn’t take long to find a new club after his contract with La Liga side Barcelona expired last month. Arda rejoined his boyhood club Galatasaray, who announced on social media on Wednesday that they have signed the 33-year-old player to a multi-year deal.

Turan was Barca’s player until recently but hasn’t played for the club since 2018. Instead, he spent two seasons on loan at Super-Lig side Istanbul Basaksehir, helping the club win their first domestic title in 2019/20.

Despite his success with Basaksehir, Turan opted to return to Galata where he played almost 200 games between 2004 and 2011.

“Emotions are very deep,” said Turan after inking the deal. “Now is not the time to comment and talk too much. It’s time for me to get on the field and fight. “

Arda Turan ended his first stint with Galatasaray by becoming the most expensive Turkish footballer of all-time and joining Atletico Madrid in 2011. With Atletico, Turan emerged as one of the better attacking midfielders in Europe which eventually brought him a $40 million transfer to Barcelona in 2015.

However, Turan never managed to settle in with Barca despite making 55 appearances across his first two seasons at Camp Nou. Eventually, he was labeled surplus upon Ernesto Valverde’s arrival and didn’t play a single game for the club since the end of 2016–17 season.

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Real Madrid, who looked to be in dire straits after winning only one point in their first two Champions League group stage matches, got back on track in a 0-1 win in Istanbul on Tuesday night.

The 2017 and 2018 Champions League winners took down a feisty Galatasaray side by the minimum to get back on track for qualification to the knockout stage of play.

German midfielder Toni Kroos scored the game-winning goal in the 17th minute of action after being set up by a brilliant pass by Eden Hazard. The veteran midfielder rocketed a shot into the top corner of the net that Galatasaray keeper Fernando Muslera could do nothing to stop.

Despite the two teams combining for 38 total shots (27 for Madrid and 11 for Galatasaray) and 16 shots on goal (13 for Madrid and 3 for Galatasaray), this was the only goal scored in the tense match.

Los Blancos’ defense was able to hold on to keep Galatasaray out of the net despite an offense that kept pushing and a rowdy crowd that did its best to give a burst of home-field advantage to the hosts.

Real Madrid now finds itself with 4 points in Group A of the competition, which puts them five points behind PSG, who has completed a perfect first half of the group stage.

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