Rafał Gikiewicz stated on Kanał Sportowy that Igor Drapiński had recently been offered to most Polish clubs but personally preferred a move abroad. Gikiewicz said the transfer was connected to his good friend Rick van Drongelen leaving Samsunspor, which created a vacancy.

Igor Drapiński has transferred permanently to Turkish club Samsunspor from Piast Gliwice. According to journalists from weszlo.com, the transfer fee is approximately 2.5 million euros. Samsunspor announced that they have signed a 5-year contract with Igor Drapiński and that they welcomed him to the club.

Igor Drapiński has moved to the Turkish club Samsunspor on a five-year contract, with a transfer fee that exceeded one million euro. Piast Gliwice stated that this is the biggest sale in the club's history.

Igor Drapiński, a 22-year-old Polish youth international centre-back, is close to leaving Piast Gliwice to join Samsunspor. After a successful season, the defender had received inquiries from both domestic Ekstraklasa clubs and other foreign teams, but chose to continue his career in the Turkish league. According to Tomasz Włodarczyk, Samsunspor will pay a sum greater than the one million euro release clause in Drapiński's contract. The player is scheduled to undergo medical tests this Wednesday and, if they are successful, he will sign a long-term contract valid until June 30, 2031. The transfer is profitable for Piast Gliwice because they acquired Drapiński on a free transfer two years earlier. Drapiński has 8 caps for the Poland U21 national team, and his current market value is estimated by Transfermarkt to be €1.5 million.