Ertuğrul Doğan responds to the Salah claims: the transfer plan is the agenda at Trabzonspor
In a statement on 2 August 2026, Trabzonspor president Ertuğrul Doğan did not confirm the claim of an agreement with Mohamed Salah, and said the offers for Nwaiwu had not reached the expected level.
Trabzonspor's 59th anniversary agenda was dominated by transfer matters. Answering questions on the Mohamed Salah claims, president Ertuğrul Doğan did not confirm that any settled transfer process existed on the club's behalf.
While stressing that there was "no agreement" on Salah, Doğan said that within the broader framework of their transfer work they would move for the positions that needed strengthening, and that the aim was to keep the team in the title race.
In the same series of remarks, Doğan said the offers received for Chibuike Nwaiwu had not reached the expected level and that there were no plans to sell the player at the current figures.
FutbolRadar's assessment: the statement positions the Salah file not as a settled transfer but as a public denial and an exercise in managing expectations by the club president. However high the visibility of the story, the verified information available is that Trabzonspor have not confirmed the claim of an agreement.