Factbox-Soccer-List of major signings in the 2025-26 pre-season transfer window


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(Reuters) - The following is a list of major signings during the 2025-26 pre-season transfer window, which closed on Sept. 1 (transfer fees reported by club or media, includes add-ons):

ENGLAND:

ALEXANDER ISAK: From Newcastle to Liverpool (125 million pounds)

FLORIAN WIRTZ: From Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool (100 million pounds and 16 million in potential bonuses)

BENJAMIN SESKO: From RB Leipzig to Manchester United(76.5 million euros)

BRYAN MBEUMO: From Brentford to Manchester United (71 million pounds

HUGO EKITIKE: From Eintracht Frankfurt to Liverpool (69 million pounds)

NICK WOLTEMADE: From Stuttgart to Newcastle (69 million pounds)

EBERECHI EZE: From Crystal Palace to Arsenal (68 million pounds)

MATHEUS CUNHA: from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester United (62.5 million pounds, as per a Reuters' source)

XAVI SIMONS: From RB Leipzig to Tottenham (60 million euros)

MARTIN ZUBIMENDI: From Real Sociedad to Arsenal (60 million euros)

JOAO PEDRO: From Brighton & Hove Albion to Chelsea (60 million pounds)

GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA: From PSG to Manchester City

TIJJANI REIJNDERS: From AC Milan to Manchester City (55 million euros, as per a Reuters' source)

YOANE WISSA: From Brentford to Newcastle (55 million pounds)

VIKTOR GYOKERES: From Sporting to Arsenal (55 million pounds plus around 8 million pounds in add-ons)

MOHAMMED KUDUS: From West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur (55 million pounds)

RAYAN CHERKI: From Olympique Lyonnais to Manchester City (40 million euros)

ALEJANDRO GARNACHO: From Manchester United to Chelsea (40 million pounds)

JACOB RAMSEY: From Aston Villa to Newcastle United (40 million pounds)

JEREMIE FRIMPONG: From Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool (35 million euros)

EVANN GUESSAND: From Nice to Aston Villa (35 million euros)

RAYAN AIT-NOURI: From Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester City ( 33.7 million pounds)

ARNAUD KALIMUENDO: From Stade Rennais to Nottingham Forest (26 million pounds)

CHRISTIAN NORGAARD: From Brentford to Arsenal (10 million pounds)

MILOS KERKEZ: From Bournemouth to Liverpool (40 million-pounds)

TYLER DIBLING: From Southampton to Everton (42 million pounds)

JAMIE GITTENS: From Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea (55 million pounds)

BAFODE DIAKITE: From Lille to Bournemouth (34.6 million pounds)

MAMADOU SARR: From Strasbourg to Chelsea (14 million euros)

LIAM DELAP: From Ipswich Town to Chelsea (30 million pounds)

CAOIMHIN KELLEHER: From Liverpool to Brentford (18 million pounds)

GRANIT XHAKA: From Bayer Leverkusen to Sunderland (17.3 million pounds)

JACK GREALISH: From Manchester City to Everton

AARON RAMSDALE: From Southampton to Newcastle United (loan)

CALLUM WILSON: To West Ham United (free transfer)

MALICK THIAW: From AC Milan To Newcastle United (34.6 million pounds)

MATHYS TEL: From Bayern Munich to Tottenham Hotspur (30 million pounds)

HABIB DIARRA: From Strasbourg to Sunderland (30 million pounds)

DJORDJE PETROVIC: From Chelsea to Bournemouth (25 million pounds)

FABIO SILVA: From Wolverhampton Wanderers to Borussia Dortmund (22.5 million euros)

DAN NDOYE: From Bologna to Nottingham Forest (34 million pounds)

KEVIN: From Shakhtar Donetsk to Fulham (34.6 million pounds)

AMINE ADLI: From Bayer Leverkusen to Bournemouth (25 million pounds)

GIOVANNI LEONI: From Parma to Liverpool (26 million pounds)

JORREL HATO: From Ajax Amsterdam to Chelsea

JACKSON TCHATCHOUA: From Hellas Verona to Wolves (12.5 million euro)

JOAO PALHINHA: From Bayern Munich to Tottenham (on loan)

JAMES TRAFFORD: From Burnley to Manchester City (27 million pounds)

KYLE WALKER: From Manchester City to Burnley (undisclosed)

MAXIM DE CUYPER: From Club Brugge to Brighton & Hove Albion

ANTONI MILAMBO: From Feyenoord to Brentford

KEPA ARRIZABALAGA: From Chelsea to Arsenal (five million pounds)

KOTA TAKAI: From J-League side Kawasaki Frontale to Tottenham Hotspur (five million pounds)

DARIO ESSUGO: From Sporting to Chelsea (18.5 million pounds)

KEVIN DANSO: From Lens to Tottenham Hotspur (21 million pounds)

GIORGI MAMARDASHVILI: From Valencia to Liverpool (25 million pounds)

ESTEVAO: From Palmeiras to Chelsea (28.9 million pounds)

JEAN-CLAIR TODIBO: From Nice to West Ham United (32.8 million pounds)

MARCUS BETTINELLI: From Chelsea to Manchester City (Undisclosed fee)

ENZO LE FEE: From AS Roma to Sunderland (20 million pounds)

WALTER BENITEZ: From PSV to Crystal Palace (Free transfer)

JORGEN STRAND LARSEN: From Celta Vigo to Wolverhampton Wanderers (Move made permanent after a season on loan)

SEBASTIAN BOURNAUW: From Wolfsburg to Leeds United (5.1 million pounds)

GABRIEL GUDMUNDSSON: From Lille to Leeds United (10 million pounds)

CHARLY ALCARAZ: From Flamengo to Everton (undisclosed)

JAIR CUNHA: From Botafogo to Nottingham Forest (12 million euros)

MARK TRAVERS: From Bournemouth to Everton (undisclosed)

SVERRE NYPAN: From Rosenborg to Manchester City (12.5 million pounds)

MADS HERMANSEN: From Leicester City to West Ham (20 million pounds)

SENNE LAMMENS: From Royal Antwerp to Manchester United (18.1 million pounds)

VELJKO MILOSAVLJEVIC: From Red Star Belgrade to Bournemouth (13 million pounds)

PIERO HINCAPIE: From Bayer Leverkusen to Arsenal (loan)

RANDAL KOLO MUANI: From PSG to Tottenham (loan)

SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE: From Milan to Fulham (loan)

JADON SANCHO: From Manchester United to Aston Villa (loan)

HARVEY ELLIOTT: From Liverpool to Aston Villa (loan)

FACUNDO BUONANOTTE: From Brighton to Chelsea (loan)

TOLU AROKODARE: From Genk to Wolves (24 million pounds)

BRIAN BROBBEY: From Ajax to Sunderland (17 million pounds)

SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE: From AC Milan to Fulham (loan)

VICTOR LINDELOF: From Manchester United (free agent) to Aston Villa

JAYDEE CANVOT: From Toulouse to Crystal Palace (20.8 million pounds)

SPAIN:

TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD: From Liverpool to Real Madrid (10 million pounds)

JUAN MUSSO: From Atalanta to Atletico Madrid (undisclosed)

DEAN HUIJSEN: From Bournemouth to Real Madrid (50 million pounds)

ALVARO CARRERAS: From Benfica to Real Madrid (50 million euros)

MATTEO RUGGERI: From Atalanta to Atletico Madrid (20 million euros)

ALEX BAENA: From Villarreal to Atletico Madrid ( 50 million euros)

JOAN GARCIA: From Espanyol to Barcelona (25 million euros)

FRANCO MASTANTUONO: From River Plate to Real Madrid ($45 million)

THOMAS PARTEY: From Arsenal (free agent) to Villarreal

GIACOMO RASPADORI: From Napoli to Atletico Madrid

VLADYSLAV VANAT: From Dynamo Kyiv to Girona

ANTONY: From Manchester United to Real Betis (25 million euros)

CARLOS SOLER: From PSG to Real Sociedad (undisclosed)

GERMANY:

LUIS DIAZ: From Liverpool to Bayern Munich (75 million euros)

JARELL QUANSAH: From Liverpool to Bayer Leverkusen (35 million pounds)

MARK FLEKKEN: From Brentford to Bayer Leverkusen (undisclosed)

JOBE BELLINGHAM: From Sunderland to Borussia Dortmund (33 million euros)

NICOLAS JACKSON: From Chelsea to Bayern Munich (loan)

Bilal El Khannouss: From Leicester City to Stuttgart (loan)

VICTOR BONIFACE: From Leverkusen to Werder Bremen (loan)

YAN COUTO: From Manchester City to Borussia Dortmund (25.1 million pounds)

RITSU DOAN: From J-league club to Eintracht Frankfurt

EZEQUIEL FERNANDEZ: From Al-Qadsiah to Bayer Leverkusen (25 million euros)

MICHAEL OBAFEMI: From Burnley to VfL Bochum (on loan)

ITALY:

ARDON JASHARI: From Club Brugge to AC Milan (34 million euros)

CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU: From Chelsea to AC Milan (42 million euros)

SAM BEUKEMA: From Bologna to Napoli (30 million euros)

ALEX VALLE: From Barcelona to Como 1907 (Six million euros)

LUIS HENRIQUE: From Olympique de Marseille to Inter Milan (23 million euros)

SAMUELE RICCI: From Torino to AC Milan (23 million euros)

CIRO IMMOBILE: From Besiktas to Bologna (free transfer)

EDIN DZEKO: From Fenerbahce to Fiorentina (free transfer)

LLOYD KELLY: From Newcastle United to Juventus (20 million pounds)

NICOLAS GONZALEZ: From Fiorentina to Juventus (23.6 million pounds)

NICOLAS KUHN: From Celtic to Como (19 million Euros)

MAXIMO PERRONE: From Manchester City to Como (15 million euros)

LORENZO LUCCA: From Udinese to Napoli (loan with obligation to buy)

PERVIS ESTUPINAN: From Brighton & Hove Albion to AC Milan (19 million euros)

TARIQ LAMPTEY: From Brighton & Hove Albion to Fiorentina (undisclosed)

ELJIF ELMAS: From RB Leipzig to Napoli (on loan)

NICO GONZALES: From Juventus to Atletico Madrid (on loan)

ADRIEN RABIOT: From Marseille to Milan (10 million euros)

RASMUS HOJLUND: From Manchester United to Napoli (loan)

MANUEL AKANJI: From Manchester City to Inter Milan (loan)

JAMIE VARDY: To Cremonese as free agent

EDON ZHEGROVA: From Lille to Juventus (14.3 million euros)

FRANCE:

OLIVIER GIROUD: From Los Angeles FC to Lille

PAUL POGBA: To AS Monaco as free agent

ILLIA ZABARNYI: From Bournemouth to Paris St Germain (63 million euros)

LUCAS CHEVALIER: From Lille to PSG (40 million euros)

PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG: From Al-Qadsiah to Olympique de Marseille (Free transfer)

BENJAMIN PAVARD: From Inter Milan to Olympique de Marseille (loan)

JULIO ENCISO: From Brighton to Strasbourg

BEN CHILWELL: From Chelsea to Strasbourg

SAUDI ARABIA

JOAO FELIX: From Chelsea to Al-Nassr

DARWIN NUNEZ: From Liverpool to Al-Hilal

KINGSLEY COMAN: From Bayern Munich to Al-Nassr

ABDOULAYE DOUCOURE: From Everton to Neom

Yusuf Akcicek: From Fenerbahce to AL-Hilal

TURKEY:

VICTOR OSIMHEN: From Napoli to Galatasaray (75 million euros)

LEROY SANE: From Bayern Munich (free agent) to Galatasaray

MILAN SKRINIAR: From PSG to Fenerbahce

NELSON SEMEDO: From Wolves to Fenerbahce

MARCO ASENSIO: From PSG to Fenerbahce

EDERSON: From Man City to Fenerbahce

BRAZIL:

JORGINHO: From Arsenal to Flamengo (undisclosed)

DANILO: From Nottingham Forest to Botafogo (25 million euros)

OTHERS:

THOMAS MUELLER: From Bayern Munich (free agent) to Vancouver Whitecaps

SON HEUNG-MIN: From Tottenham to Los Angeles FC ($26.5 million)

GABRIEL VEIGA: From Al-Ahli to Porto (65 million euros)

JAKUB KIWIOR: From Arsenal to Porto (loan)

AARON RAMSEY: From Cardiff City (free agent) to Pumas UNAM

KIERAN TIERNEY: From Arsenal to Celtic (undisclosed fee)

ANGEL CORREA: From Atletico Madrid to Tigres UANL (Eight million Euros)

MATEJ KOVAR: From Bayer Leverkusen to PSV Eindhoven (on loan)

RAUL MORO: From Real Valladolid to AFC Ajax (undisclosed)

(Compiled by Shifa Jahan, Tommy Lund, and Suramya Kaushik in Gdansk and Bangalore)

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