Betis leads bid for Marco Asensio with Turkish contract to 2028

Marco Asensio, sports journalist, is in his second season at Fenerbahçe. He has a contract with the Turkish club until June 2028. Five months after reaching an agreement with Espanyol to return to Cornellà, his name is sounding again for LaLiga and Betis is showing interest.

Betis interest and background

The Balearic attacking midfielder is 30 years old and his name already appears on the green-and-white sporting director's agenda with less than two months before the winter transfer window.

Betis's interest is not the first from Spanish clubs; in June Real Sociedad, Atlético de Madrid and Villarreal were also among the teams that wanted to bring Asensio back.

Asensio reached an agreement with Espanyol to return to Cornellà eleven years after his loan, but none of those routes materialised and he stayed in Istanbul.

On 1 September 2025 Asensio landed in Istanbul from PSG, which transferred him for just over seven million euros.

He signed with Fenerbahçe for three more seasons with an optional fourth, after having spent a half‑season on loan at Unai Emery's Aston Villa, where he scored eight goals in 21 games.

Any exit deal requires negotiating with the Turkish club, which has him tied for another two and a half seasons.

He left Real Madrid in 2023, adding to his résumé three Champions Leagues and three league titles.

He has accumulated 38 international caps and two goals for Spain, although he has not been called up since 2023.

On 21 October Fenerbahçe announced that Asensio suffered a strain with swelling and estimated a recovery of about three weeks, a deadline that is being met these days.

The closest precedent in Heliópolis is the case of Youssouf Fofana, whose Betis withdrew from the bidding on 1 September due to a lack of salary cap.

That same day the club rejected a €43 million offer from Everton for Ez Abde.

The January window will be the next test for sporting director Manu Fajardo, who did not find that slot in the summer.