Nathan Redmond will earn £25,000-a-week at Besiktas with Southampton’s Premier League benchwarmer closing in on a move to the Turkish Super Lig giants, as reported by Milliyet.
The transfer window might have closed in England but it seems Southampton will not stand in Redmond’s way, even if Ralph Hasenhuttl will not be able to bring in a replacement for his long-serving winger until January at the earliest.
The former England U21 international, the Daily Mail say, will sign a one-year deal at Besiktas. Some have suggested that the Saints would look to extend Redmond’s contract before farming him out on loan.
It is understood, however, that the one-time Norwich City and Birmingham forward will leave on a permanent basis instead; Besiktas paying a ‘nominal’ fee for a man who has less than 12 months remaining on his St Mary’s contract.
“There are still some windows open somewhere. So some players can still leave,” Hasenhuttl said after Redmond was left out of the squad for Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Wolves.
“If not, we have to try and give them the respect they deserve.”
Nathan Redmond is leaving Southampton for Besiktas
Redmond, per Milliyet, will earn £1.2 million (around £25,000-a-week) during his time in Istanbul. That is a substantial decrease from his current £60,000-a-week wage on the South Coast (Spotrac).
Then again, after playing just one minute of football in Southampton’s first six games of the new Premier League season, you can’t blame Redmond for putting football first.
He was reportedly a target for both Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers over the summer. But Redmond instead joins fellow English football misfits Dele Alli, Arthur Masuaku, Cenk Tosun and Wout Weghorst at Vodafone Park. Redmond is also following another long-serving Saint, Oriol Romeu, out the door.
“I’ll tell you very honestly that we would never have let him go if he didn’t come to us and say that he wanted to (leave),” Hasenhuttl says of Romeu, who has returned to Spain with Girona. “Because, as I said, such a player you always have to keep in your club. (A player) who has done so much for you, who is so close to the fans and made so many positive things for this club.
“With the football knowledge he has, you need to keep him in the club. I am sure there will be maybe a time when he is coming back here in a different position.”
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