Transfer Tweets - Rest of World - 2025/26
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In the latest edition of the United Hour Podcast, we interview Duncan Drasdo of MUST - covering ticket prices, new stadium, INEOS and what fans should be demanding from our club.
Also, due to technical issues we couldn't put a notice up for the previous episode which was about the game against Bournemouth and other stuff. If you'd like to listen to it, click here.
Official: 21yo American attacking midfielder Paxten Aaronson joins Colorado Rapids from Eintracht Frankfurt for 5 years and a $8M fee. It's the biggest purchase in Rapids' history.
Official: Manuel Lanzini, who spent most of his career at West Ham, joins CA Vélez Sarsfield from CA River Plate on a free transfer for 1.5 years.
Official: Former Manchester City and Schalke 04 player, Matija Nastasić joins Al-Ula FC in Saudi Arabia (who just got promoted to 1st division) from CD Leganés on a free transfer.
Official: 24yo Spanish forward Iván Jaime joins CF Montréal from FC Porto on loan with a purchase option. He will be a Designated Player at Montréal.
Meanwhile, Toronto FC sign Jose Cifuentes on loan from Rangers.
Official: 25yo Brazilian striker Brenner goes back to FC Cincinnati from Udinese Calcio on loan until the end of 2025 with a purchase option.
Official: 19yo Argentinian forward Mateo Silvetti joins Inter Miami from CA Newell's Old Boys for 4 years. He's the 8th Argentinian player Inter Miami has signed in the past year.
Official: Arthur Melo goes back to Grêmio FBPA on loan from Juventus FC for the season.
Official: Former Real Madrid and Sevilla player Óscar Rodríguez joins Al-Diraiyah FC in Saudi First Division (the 2nd Saudi division) from CD Leganés.
€36M + €2M fee for Fernandes.
Official: 26yo Brazilian winger Wesley Ribeiro joins Al-Rayyan SC in Qatar from SC Internacional for a $10M fee. Internacional and Palmeiras will split the fee as they each own 50% of the player's rights.
Official: 32yo Portuguese midfielder Tiago Silva joins Al-Rayyan SC in Qatar as a free agent after terminating his contract with Vitória de Guimarães.
I'd be curious to know how much of the €25M remaining on his contract Al-Hilal paid him to buy him out, I doubt he agreed to leave a lot of money on the table just because he dreams of playing for Al-Rayyan. Santi Aouna reported he'll make $10M in Qatar.
When players are unwanted at the top Saudi clubs before their contracts are up, they are usually transferred to a lesser team within the league on that same contract (wage and remaining duration). So he had the option of that, or he could choose to go somewhere else on a longer contract. There’s no way Mitrovic is being paid any less with this move than what he would have made this year anyway. And it’s another contract, guaranteeing another few years of a high wage. The two clubs would have split the difference for his final season (this season).
He's going from Saudi to Qatar so it's different. But it's been reported since then that Al-Hilal was going to pay him the full €25M to terminate his contract so Mitrović's going to make €35M tax free this season. Al-Hilal needed a foreign roster spot and they failed to send Marcos Leonardo to Brazil.
I’m aware where he’s going, I’m saying there’s no way Al-Hilal/Saudi Pro League paid him the full remaining amount unless he were to agree to move to another club within the same league.
The fact he’s going to Qatar means there’s an agreement between Al-Hilal and Al-Rayyan to split this season’s wages.
He won’t make €35m, he’ll just take his initially agreed wage for his final season which will be a combination of a pay-off from Al-Hilal and a running wage from Al-Rayyan.
Official: Aleksandar Mitrović joins Al-Rayyan SC in Qatar Stars League for 3 years after agreeing to a contract termination with Al-Hilal.
Official: 19yo Bissau-Guinean winger Roger Fernandes joins Al-Ittihad from SC Braga for a €36M + €2M fee. It's the biggest sale in Braga's history, beating Vitinha's €32M transfer to Marseille in 2023.
Official: At 37, Willian isn't ready to retire and joins Grêmio FBPA until the end of 2026 as a free agent after his contract with Fulham FC expired.
Official: La Masia graduate and former Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla player, Munir El Haddadi leaves Spain and CD Leganés to join Esteghlal FC in Persian Gulf Pro League in Iran on a free transfer for 2 years.
Official: 20yo French midfielder Valentin Atangana joins Al-Ahli SFC in Saudi Pro League from Stade de Reims for 3 years and a €25M fee. He's Reims 2nd highest sale after Hugo Ekitiké to PSG for €28M in 2023.
Official: After 20 years at PSG and last 3 seasons riddled with injuries, Presnel Kimpembe joins Qatar SC on a permanent transfer.
Official: 21yo Malian midfielder Mahamadou Doumbia joins Al-Ittihad Club in Saudi Pro League from Royal Antwerp FC for 5 years and a €16M fee.
Official: 21yo French goalkeeper Matthieu Patouillet joins Al-Hilal SFC in Saudi Pro League from Olympique Lyonnais for 2 years and a €350K fee and a 20% sell-on clause.
Official: Former Monaco, Dortmund, PSG and Leipzig player, Abdou Diallo joins Al-Duhail SC from Al-Arabi SC in Qatar Stars League on loan for the season.
That’s a f*cking clickbait for those not in the know.
Official: 2 years after spending €60M to recruit him from FC Porto, Al-Nassr FC are sending Otávio to Al-Qadsiah FC where he'll sign for 2 + 1 years. He was one of the foreign players who had not be registered by Al-Nassr for the season since they have too many of them.
Official: Former Real Sociedad and Real Madrid player where he won the CL in 2014, Asier Illarramendi joins Kitchee SC in the Hong Kong Premier League. He was without a club since his contract with FC Dallas expired at the beginning of the year.
Official: Anwar El Ghazi joins Al-Sailiya SC in the Qatar Stars League from Cardiff City for 2 years on a free transfer.
Official: 22yo Uruguayan striker Luciano Rodríguez joins Neom SC in Saudi Pro League from EC Bahia for a €20M fee.
Official: Al-Ittihad sign Jan-Carlo Simic from Anderlecht
€6M loan fee and €15M obligation to buy. Apparently PIF have given too much money to Al-Ittihad recently and other clubs are jealous so they have to defer payment to next year
It's a ton of money for a backup CB at Anderlecht, their fans are celebrating on socials.
Official: Romain Faivre joins Al-Taawoun FC in Saudi Pro League from AFC Bournemouth on loan with a €10M purchase option.
I think it's because he used to play for AC Milan, so that automatically boosts his profile among the Saudi football fans.€6M loan fee and €15M obligation to buy. Apparently PIF have given too much money to Al-Ittihad recently and other clubs are jealous so they have to defer payment to next year
It's a ton of money for a backup CB at Anderlecht, their fans are celebrating on socials.
Bournemouth have tried so hard to move him on and eventually did so on a loss. This just shows that even clubs that are lauded for their recruitment sign major duds.