Leicester City’s Zambia centre-forward Patson Daka is being linked with a summer move to Turkish Süper Lig side Samsunspor, with the 27-year-old potentially heading for a new chapter away from the Championship club.
Reports in Turkey and via transfer tracking site Transfermarkt list Samsunspor as a suitor for Daka, whose situation at Leicester appears increasingly uncertain. His current contract details and expiry date are not publicly clarified, raising the prospect that he could move on as a low-cost option or even edge towards free-agent status in the near future.
Daka, valued at €3.00m, has seen his market price fall significantly from the peak he reached after leaving Red Bull Salzburg for Leicester. Standing at 1.83m and predominantly right-footed, he operates as a central striker and has been used mainly through the middle during his time in England.
The forward’s most recent competitive outings for Leicester came in the Championship, where he has been competing for minutes in an attacking group reshaped since the club’s relegation from the Premier League. In one of his latest notable appearances for the Foxes – a spring 2026 league fixture at the King Power Stadium – he featured against second-tier opposition in a tight contest, contributing with his pressing and link-up play in a narrow Leicester win, but without adding to his goal tally. That performance underlined both his work-rate and the sense that he may need a fresh environment to rediscover his Salzburg-era scoring form.
The reported probability of a move, listed only as “?”, underlines how early these talks remain, with no indication yet of an agreed fee or contract terms between Leicester and Samsunspor.
Born in Chingola on 9 October 1998, Daka has built a reputation as a quick, direct centre-forward, progressing from Zambia to Europe, then into the Premier League and now the Championship. Any switch to Samsunspor and the Süper Lig would offer him a different tactical landscape and the chance to rebuild his reputation as a leading goalscorer, potentially shaping the prime years of his career if the transfer comes to fruition.
