Besiktas have revealed the key numbers behind Ridvan Yilmaz 's transfer to Rangers. The 21-year-old Turkey international has signed a five-year deal with Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side, becoming the manager's seventh signing of a busy summer.
Rangers have quickly reinvested the club record fee they negotiated with Ajax for Calvin Bassey as Yilmaz joins Ben Davies as the second of two left-side defensive additions. The youngster comes highly-rated from the Super Lig side, with Champions League experience and six full international caps to his name, plus 62 senior appearances for the the Black Eagles.
He emerged through Besiktas' academy over a 10 year period and the club, keen to emphasise the profit made on one of their hottest propsects, have broken down the deal in a statement on their official website. Rangers will pay a guaranteed €4million (£3.39m) plus €2.25m (£1.9m) in potential add-ons, with a 20 per cent sell-on clause written into Yilmaz's contract.
The Besiktas statement said: "On the final transfer of our professional football player Ridvan Yilmaz to Rangers FC; It has been agreed that a guarantee fee of 4,000,000 Euros, a contingent fee of 2,250,00 Euros and 20 per cent of the net transfer income in the event that the player is leased to another club while his contract with Rangers FC is still in effect."
Yilmaz himself, meanwhile, has admitted he's thrilled to be heading for Glasgow. He's cited Rangers' continental pedigree as a factor in joining after the club's run to last season's Europa League final.
The defender told the Rangers website: “I am delighted to be joining a club the size of Rangers and am really looking forward to meeting my new teammates. This is a club who have shown they can compete against some of the best teams in Europe, and I am really excited by the challenges we have ahead of us I have heard so much too about the Rangers supporters and I cannot wait to play in front of them for the first time."
