Fresh rumours over Serhou Guirassy and Fenerbahce – decision next weekend? | OneFootball

It has now been more than two weeks since the final matchday of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, and Borussia Dortmund still has several key squad-related personnel decisions pending. While clarity is still some way off in the case of Nico Schlotterbeck, whose release clause is said to remain valid until mid-July, there is also no real timetable in sight for Karim Adeyemi and Serhou Guirassy. In Guirassy’s case, however, speculation about a departure is currently picking up again.

Already in the week before the final game of the season, it was reported that Guirassy wanted to leave the club again two years after joining from VfB Stuttgart. Sport director Ole Book then emphasized that it was not Dortmund’s plan to let their star striker go, but the rumors — especially about a move to Fenerbahce Istanbul — persisted and are once again very much in the spotlight.

As Turkish journalist Yağız Sabuncuoğlu reports, presidential candidate Aziz Yildirim has reached an agreement with both Guirassy and Dortmund over a transfer, which would go through if the businessman, who already served as Fenerbahce president from 1998 to 2018, is elected back into office. The vote count is expected to be completed by next Sunday.

Guirassy not the only option

According to Sabuncuoğlu, Guirassy’s move would be announced quickly if Yildirim returns to the helm. A transfer fee in the region of €40 million is being discussed. Guirassy himself is also said to have already taken a closer look at Istanbul.

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Yildirim is not focusing on Guirassy alone, though, and is also said to have reached an agreement with Vedat Muriqi. The Kosovo international striker was unable to prevent RCD Mallorca’s relegation from La Liga despite scoring 23 goals in 37 matches, and he is unlikely to follow the club into the second tier. After Muriqi already had a strong season for Fenerbahce in 2019/20, a return certainly seems possible. However, there is also speculation that Muriqi is only being used as leverage to lower Guirassy’s transfer fee in talks with Dortmund.

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