The German utility player has been unveiled by the Istanbul club, although his transfer from Dortmund still needs to be ratified by Fifa
Galatasaray have confirmed the €1.5 million signing of Borussia Dortmund winger Kevin Grosskreutz, despite Fifa still needing to ratify the deal.
Dortmund revealed on Tuesday that a deal was yet to be officialised by Fifa, despite their confidence that all criteria within the organisation's Transfer Matching System (TMS) had been met.
Although Fifa is yet to confirm all the conditions have been met, Galatasaray announced details of the Germany international's purchase late on Tuesday.
Grosskreutz, 27, has signed a three-year deal at the Turk Telekom Arena, where he joins the likes of Lukas Podolski, Wesley Sneijder and Fernando Muslera.
A Gala statement revealed Grosskreutz passed his medical well in advance, with details submitted five minutes before Monday's midnight deadline - although errors within the Fifa system prevented the move from being automatically completed.
Grosskreutz's deal was not the only transfer on Monday to be faced with Fifa TMS issues.
In one of the biggest deadline day blunders ever, Real Madrid failed to buy David de Gea from Manchester United - in a deal that would have seen Keylor Navas going the other way - due to disrepancies over whether the contracts were filed on time.
Both clubs blame each other for the transfer swap gaffe and it looks like Madrid will have to wait until next summer to get their hands on De Gea, whom they pursued all summer long. [GOAL]
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