Immobile released by Besiktas as Bologna circles
Ciro Immobile is reportedly set to join Coppa Italia winner Bologna, having agreed to an early termination of his Besiktas contract.
Immobile, who has scored 17 goals in 57 appearances for Italy but was excluded from its UEFA Euro 2024 squad, moved to Turkiye last July.
He scored 15 goals in 30 Super Lig appearances as the Istanbul giant finished fourth, having replaced coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in January.
Immobile was reportedly keen to cut his stay in Turkiye short to join Bologna, which finished ninth in Serie A under Vincenzo Italiano last season but won the Coppa Italia, and challenged for a top-four position for large parts of the season.
Besiktas confirmed it had reached an agreement to terminate Immobile's contract, which was due to run for a further season, on Saturday (AEST).
The 35-year-old has reportedly already agreed terms with Bologna, which will play in the UEFA Europa League next season. It participated in the UEFA Champions League in 2024-2025 but exited after the league phase.
Immobile's most recent spell in Italy with Lazio between 2016 and 2024 was hugely successful as he plundered 169 goals in 270 Serie A appearances.
That was at least 66 goals more than any other player scored in the competition in that time, with Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez second with 103.
Immobile averaged a goal every 126.2 minutes with Lazio in Serie A, with his most prolific campaign coming in 2019-2020, when he netted 36 times in 37 league outings.
Immobile, a UEFA Euro 2020 winner with his country, has also had spells with Juventus, Pescara, Genoa, Torino, Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla.
