Turkish club Galatasaray has reportedly sent an official offer to Albanian-origin singer Dua Lipa to perform during the club’s championship title celebrations.

The offer reportedly includes a payment of 2 million dollars for performing four songs at the ceremony expected to take place in Istanbul.

The invitation to Dua Lipa is not simply a marketing move, but is also closely connected to the club’s roots. Galatasaray S.K. is widely known as “the team of the Albanians of Istanbul” because of its origins.

The club was founded in 1905 by Ali Sami Yen, the son of the great Albanian writer and Renaissance figure Sami Frashëri. This descendant of the famous Frashëri family laid the foundations of what is today a superpower of Turkish football.

Ali Sami Yen was not only the founder, but also the club’s first president for 13 consecutive years.

In honor of his extraordinary contribution, the club’s old legendary stadium carried the name “Ali Sami Yen Stadium” from 1964 until 2010.

He created the team with a clear vision: “to play together like the English, to have one color and one name, and to defeat non-Turkish teams.”

If Dua Lipa accepts the offer, it would symbolize a meeting between history and modern times.

On one side stands the club created by the son of Sami Frashëri, and on the other, the Albanian singer who today dominates the world stage. This collaboration would once again reaffirm the strong connection that Galatasaray maintains with the Albanian roots of its founder.