Turkish club reportedly reach agreement to sign Irish star

"Festy is not good news either."

Sports Digitale's Yağız Sabuncuoğlu wrote on X: "Başakşehir and Udinese reached an agreement for the transfer of Festy Ebosele. The player's decision is awaited."

Ebosele is currently on loan at Championship side Watford and has played 19 games for them this season, scoring once, while also shining under Heimir Hallgrimsson for Ireland.

Basaksehir currently sit seventh in the Turkish Super Lig.

However, it was recently reported that the 22-year-old Ebosele could be out for over three months.

Watford boss Tom Cleverley said: “Festy is not good news either, and one that we thought might not be so serious,” Cleverley said on Watford’s website.

“There was more than one occasion on Tuesday when Preston recovered possession with tackles coming in from behind that made contact with the player as well as the ball – not just the Festy one, but on James Abankwah as well which led to their first goal.

“Festy’s injury looks a lot like Dan Bachmann’s from our initial scans, but again we’ll assess further and go from there.”

Ebsosele, who is on loan with Watford from Udinese, bid farewell to the Championship club on Wednesday in a social media post.