Wantaway Wolves midfielder completes move away

It has been a turbulent few weeks for the Gabon international, who missed out on a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Shabab after informing Wolves he wanted to leave the club.

But the 31-year-old has now got his move after his former club Galatasaray came in for him. 

The Turkish side originally made a loan offer for Lemina but Wolves did not entertain it as the midfielder only has six months left on his deal - although there is a one-year club option to extend it.

They then returned with a €2.5illion (around £2million) permanent offer, which Wolves accepted.

Lemina flew to Istanbul on Monday and has now finalised his move, bringing an end to his Wolves career after two years.

When he arrived in January 2023 he helped the club stay in the Premier League before last season winning the player of the season award.

In the summer he was then rewarded with the captaincy but was stripped of the armband by Gary O'Neil after an altercation with team-mates and first team coach Shaun Derry after the defeat to West Ham in December.

Nelson Semedo replaced Lemina as captain and weeks later, under new boss Vitor Pereira, he refused to travel with the team for a game at Newcastle.

He informed the club that he wanted to leave and despite apologising to Pereira and his team-mates for refusing to play, the head coach insisted he would not name Lemina in a match day squad until after the transfer window had closed if he was still a Wolves player.

But he has now completed his move and will join Galatasaray, a club he previously spent the 2019/20 season on loan at from Southampton.