Zurab Khizanishvili to move from Blackburn Rovers to Galatasaray
Published 00:00 09/06/09 By By Alan Nixon
Blackburn Rovers are ready to sell Zurab Khizanishvili to Galatasaray - with the Turkish giants coming to England to close the deal this week.
The Georgian defender could become Frank Rijkaard's first signing for the Istanbul club, with Galatasaray director Emre Gungor Servet coming to try to agree a price faceto-face.
Khizanishvili, 27, wants to move for regular first-team football and is interested in the move to Turkey if the personal terms are right.
The former Rangers centre-half was hoping to stay in the Premier League, but Galatasaray are first in the queue for him and willing to pay for the 58-times capped star.
Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is willing to let Khizanishvili go to boost his small transfer kitty - with Marseille's Renato Civelli and Tottenham's Pascal Chimbonda on his wish list.
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