Kasımpaşa earns €31M from player sales in last 5 seasons

Turkish Spor Toto Super Lig team Kasımpaşa bagged €31M ($34.5 million) on the player sales in the last five season.

Istanbul's navy-white club made a huge revenue as of the 2015-16 season. It last sold their Egyptian international player Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan, 24 -- commonly known as Trezeguet -- to English Premier League club Aston Villa for €10 million or $11.1 million.

The club's official statements on Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) and German statistics website for football Transfermarkt say that Kasımpaşa earned €31 million from the players that it sold since 2015.

In a four-year period, Kasımpaşa gained by selling many regulars such as Dutch left winger Ryan Babel, Dutch central midfielder Ryan Donk, Turkish attacking midfielder Özer Hurmacı, Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok, Senegalese forward Mbaye Diagne, Nigerian right winger Samuel Eduok and left winger Trezeguet.

-GALATASARAY PAY €10M FOR DIAGNE
Diagne, 27, is still being considered as one of the biggest sellings of Kasımpaşa. The latest Super Lig winners Galatasaray paid €10 million for the transfer fee of prolific striker in the last season's half time.

He managed to score 20 goals in 17 matches as title contenders Galatasaray signed him in January to strengthen their offensive line.

Then Diagne netted 10 goals for his new club Galatasaray, helping the Lions to become Turkish champions.

He was also last season's top scorer in Super Lig.

Diagne joined Kasımpaşa from China's Tianjin Teda in January 2018 on a free transfer.

-TREZEGUET QUINTUPLES HIS VALUE AT KASIMPAŞA
The other big sale of Kasımpaşa was Trezeguet move to the Premier League. The new signing of Aston Villa, Trezeguet moved to Kasımpaşa in July 2017 as the Turkish club loaned him for one season.

Kasımpaşa, who had the purchase option, acquired him from Belgian club Anderlecht for €2 million over his performance in the Istanbul team.

During the 2017-18 season, Trezeguet scored 13 goals and produced seven assists for Kasımpaşa in 31 Super Lig appearances.

Turkish football powerhouses Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe started to chase him over this player's last season performance as Trezeguet tallied nine goals and nine assists in 34 league matches.

However, Aston Villa signed him for €10 million in July 2019.