West Ham United's €8m offer for Galatasaray striker rejected

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Galatasaray have rejected a second bid from West Ham United for their star striker Burak Yilmaz according to LigTV.

The report states that the Hammers launched another bid for the Turkish international following Galatasaray’s defeat to Osmanlispor.

However, Galatasaray have stated that they have no intention of selling their top goal scorer. LigTV go onto state that the Lion’s boss Hamza Hamzaoglu held ‘clear-the-air’ talks with Yilmaz.

Yilmaz was left out of Galatasaray’s starting line-up last weekend and was substituted off the field after 50 minutes in his sides 2-1 defeat at the hands of Osmanlispor.

The Turkish international has been closely linked with a move to West Ham since the arrival of Slaven Bilic as head coach.

The Turkish international striker has scored 58 goals in his last 87 games at club level and still has another four-years left on his contract.

Galatasaray take on Torku Konyaspor in the third week of the Turkish Super Lig this weekend

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