Dusan Vlahovic joins Besiktas from Juventus on three-year deal

[p]The 26-year-old forward, whose contract with the Serie A giants expired this summer, will earn 7.5 million euros ($8.6 million) per season in Istanbul, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/besiktas/IDmErJCR/"]Besiktas[/a] said in a statement.[/p][p]The 41-times capped player was greeted by a crowd of supporters as he touched down in Istanbul on Wednesday night.[/p][p][b]"We want to be champions," the Serb declared on his arrival.[/b][/p][p]In Turkey, he will play alongside Belgian forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trossard-leandro/xUAbnjp2/"]Leandro Trossard[/a], who joined from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] in mid-July.[/p][embed guid="a7ce94ca-f217-409d-a2c9-1318d2c9ea36" url="https://x.com/Besiktas/status/2087920033863188613" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlahovic-dusan/Ct0rhfn7/"]Vlahovic[/a] joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Fiorentina[/a] in the summer of 2022 and scored 68 goals in 168 matches for the Turin club.[/p][p]However, Serie A's second-highest scorer in the 2023/2024 season with 16 goals subsequently fell down the pecking order of strikers.[/p][p]After returning last April from a long layoff due to a thigh injury, the Serbian suffered a calf problem, finishing the league season with just seven goals to his name.[/p][p]Last crowned Turkish champions in 2021, Besiktas have since struggled to compete with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/galatasaray/riaqqurF/"]Galatasaray[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a], the city's other two major clubs.[/p]