Dan wasan Portugal kuma mai wasa a gefen filin Rafael Leão ya kammala tafiyarsa zuwa Galatasaray, inda zai haɗu da dan wasan Nigeria Victor Osimhen a cikin abin da yake alama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin kai farmaki a Süper Lig ta Turkiyya.

Galatasaray ta tabbatar da isowansa ta hanyar raba gajeriyar bidiyo a X wanda ke nuna ɗan wasan dan shekara 27 yana zaune a jirgin sama kuma yana tura saƙo ga magoya bayan kulob ɗin. Rahotanni sun nuna cewa zai sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekara huɗu tare da ƙungiyar Istanbul.

An ruwaito cewa Aston Villa ta nuna sha'awa game da dan wasan gaba kafin Galatasaray ta lashe tseren sa hannu, ta kawo shi daga babban kulob ɗin Serie A AC Milan.

Daga Sporting CP zuwa kololuwar kwallon kafa ta Turai

Leão, ɗan uban Angolan da mahaifiyar São Toméan, ya girma a makarantar matasa ta Sporting CP, ya fara wasa tare da tawagar farko a 2018 kuma ya lashe Taça da Liga 2017–18. Lokacinsa a Lisbon ya ƙare ba zato ba tsammani bayan ya soke kwantiragin shi a gefe ɗaya bayan tashin hankali da magoya baya tsattsauran ra'ayi suka yi a cikin kayan aikin kulob ɗin.

Daga nan ya shiga Lille na Ligue 1 ba tare da kuɗin saye ba, ya yi wata ɗaya a Faransa kafin AC Milan ta rattaba hannu da shi a 2019. A Milan, Leão ya taimaka wa kulob ɗin lashe kambun Serie A 2021–22 kuma an naɗe shi dan wasan mafi amfani na kakar wasa a wannan lokaci — kyautar da ta tabbatar da matsayinsa a tsakanin manyan 'yan wasan gaba a Turai.

Nasarorin ƙasa da ƙasa tare da Portugal

A fagen ƙasa da ƙasa, Leão ya gina tarihin almara. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Portugal 'yan kasa da shekara 17 da ta lashe gasar UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2016, ya shigo ne matsayin wanda ya maye gurbi a minti na 79 na ƙarshe da Spain — wata wasanni da Portugal ta ci 5–4 a bugun fanariti bayan 1–1 bayan ƙarin lokaci.

Ya fara wasa tare da tawagar Portugal ta babba a ranar 9 ga Oktoba 2021, ya maye gurbin Cristiano Ronaldo a rabi na biyu kuma ya taimaka wa Andre Silva ya zura ƙwallon a cikin nasarar sada zumunta 3–0 da Qatar — tasiri na gaggawa a mafi girman mataki.

Leão ya ci gaba da wakiltar Portugal a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA na 2022 da 2026. Kwanan nan, ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar da ta lashe taken UEFA Nations League 2025, Portugal ta doke Spain 5–3 a bugun fanariti a ƙarshen wasan.

Yanzu da aka sake haɗa shi da sababbin abokan wasa a Istanbul, zuwan Leão kusa da Osimhen ya ba Galatasaray ƙarfin kai farmaki mai iya ɓata wa kowane tsaro rai a Turai.