OFFICIAL: Ivory Coast captain Aurier joins Galatasaray

The right-back has led the hosts to the last eight of the African Cup of Nations, where they will face Mali in Bouake on Saturday. At Galatasaray the 31-year-old will fill the gap left by the recent departure to Bayern Munich of Frenchman Sacha Boey.

Aurier, who has played for Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-Germain in France, moved to the Premier League to join Tottenham in 2017 and signed for Forest in 2022. He has also played for Villarreal in Spain in the 2021-2022 season.

He was part of the Ivory Coast team that won the 2015 African Cup of Nations. Galatasaray, Turkey's most successful club, are locked in battle with arch-rivals Fenerbahce at the top of Turkish Super Lig.