The transfer window for English clubs shut at 11pm on Monday, but business can still be done for any side wanting to sell or loan players to Turkey.
The Turkish window is still open until February 11, meaning there is still an opportunity for clubs to offload they don’t currently have need for.
And one player Wolves no longer have need for is Mario Lemina.
Last month, Vitor Pereira revealed Lemina had refused to play for Wolves against Newcastle United, casting major doubt on his future at the club.
Prior to that Lemina had been injured.
Pereira then said he wouldn’t play Lemina while the transfer window is open, which strongly suggested he would be departing.
On transfer deadline day, it was reported Galatasaray had agreed a fee with Wolves to sign Lemina.
It’s been rather quiet since then – but now Lemina himself has made an ominous post.
Mario Lemina hints Galatasaray transfer is close
Some have been wondering what is going on with the Lemina to Galatasaray transfer.
Updates haven’t been very frequent since that claim of an agreement being in place.
But Lemina is currently in Turkey, and it does now seem that this move will go through very soon
Lemina has taken to Instagram this morning to post on his Story – and the suggestion is that something is about to happen.
The Gabon international has posted a large egg timer emoji, which likely suggests his move to Gala will soon be announced.
Lemina’s exit from Wolves could be imminent
This post from Lemina does strongly suggest that official word of his move to Galatasaray is now imminent.
It comes after Lemina’s younger brother Kevin also posted on Instagram yesterday, uploading an old image of Mario in a Galatasaray training session with Radamel Falcao.
So everything seems on track and it could now only be a matter of hours before Lemina is officially off the books at Wolves.
His demise at the club really has been quite something.
His stock could not have been any higher at the start of the season as he began the new campaign as captain having just been named Supporters’ Player of the Season for 2023/24.
But his time at the club is over, and hopefully, Wolves’ new signing Marshall Munetsi will prove to be a worthy replacement.