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