Istanbul Basaksehir have a number of other familiar faces on their books including former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel, ex-Newcastle and Chelsea forward Demba Ba, and Robinho, who spent two years at Manchester City from 2008.
All four players are in their mid-30s, but Clichy insists the quartet at not at the club to wind down their playing careers.
“We are not pre-retirement, we are working,” he said.
“When I came to visit, I told the president I am not Lionel Messi but what I can bring is what I have learnt. We bring that to the table. We played 40 plus games and I played 37.
“We are the first on the pitch, the last on the pitch. The players are learning from us and the football is going to get better in Turkey if they can keep bringing old players like us in.”
