Sep 4, 2026
Chelsea moved on 39 players this summer, and 22 of them are still theirs
Seventeen sold, 22 loaned out and more than £500m recouped by the club’s own count. The loans are the part that comes back next summer.
Football transfers
150 articles tagged with "Football transfers"
Sep 3, 2026
Sancho has been unattached for two months, and the window closing does not stop anyone signing him
The summer window shut on September 1, but a genuinely unattached player can still be registered as long as his contract ended before the deadline. Sa...
Sep 1, 2026
Manchester City passed on Enzo Fernandez at £120m, and have agreed 140 million euros for him instead
Manchester City let Chelsea’s £120 million deadline lapse on 14 August. On the last day of the window they agreed 140 million euros for the same playe...
Sep 1, 2026
Barcelona could not get Alvarez, so they have spent 10 million euros on a striker who started three league games last season
Gabriel Jesus landed in Barcelona on Monday for a medical and a three-year deal. Arsenal paid 45 million pounds for him in 2022 and are getting 10 mil...
Aug 27, 2026
Liverpool have had two bids rejected for Minteh, and Barcola has now missed three PSG squads
Liverpool want two wingers before Tuesday’s deadline. Brighton will not move on £70m for an injured Minteh, and PSG will not move on Barcola’s price.
Aug 26, 2026
Manchester City have sold three midfielders this summer, and now have six days to sign Enzo Fernandez
Manchester City let Chelsea’s £120 million deadline for Enzo Fernandez pass twelve days ago. Fabrizio Romano says a formal bid is coming before the wi...
Aug 21, 2026
Cancelo has won four of Europe’s top five leagues, and Barcelona got him for nothing
A free transfer, a contract to 2029, and a full-back who has now won the title in four of Europe’s five biggest leagues. Barcelona’s fifth signing of...
Aug 19, 2026
Monaco tear up Pogba’s contract four days before their first match of the season
Six appearances, one start, and a deal that had another year to run. Monaco and the 2018 World Cup winner have agreed to part before a ball is kicked...
Aug 18, 2026
The Premier League has spent £2.14bn before its first match, and a third of it went to other Premier League clubs
English clubs are £2.14bn into the summer window with the season still two days away, but almost £785m of that was paid by one Premier League club to...
Aug 16, 2026
West Ham break the Championship transfer record to sign Arne Engels for £22m
The Belgium midfielder cost more than any player in the history of the second tier, and he arrives from a Celtic title he helped rescue from the penal...
Aug 15, 2026
Manchester City let the 5pm deadline pass, and Enzo Fernandez stays at Chelsea
Chelsea gave Manchester City until 5pm on Friday to bid £120 million for Enzo Fernandez. No bid came, and Chelsea now expect the Argentina midfielder...
Aug 15, 2026
Spurs paid 12.5 million for Djed Spence, and Inter are paying up to 30 million four years on
Spence flew to Milan on Thursday night for his medical. Tottenham keep a 10 per cent sell-on, and lose a right-back who could not get past Pedro Porro...
Aug 14, 2026
Barcelona are selling the World Cup final’s matchwinner, and the accounting explains why
PSG have agreed around €50 million for Ferran Torres and he has agreed a five-year deal. Barcelona offered him a new contract instead. He asked to go,...
Aug 14, 2026
Arsenal are £20m short on Konsa, and Saliba will not be back for the opener
Arsenal revived talks for Ezri Konsa on Thursday and are still £20 million adrift of Aston Villa’s asking price, a week before they open the season wi...
Aug 13, 2026
City replace a 40 million pound goalkeeper with a 34-year-old who cost 3.8 million euros
Manchester City have signed Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille on a two-year deal, three weeks after selling James Trafford to Leeds f...
Aug 13, 2026
Atletico agree £34.2m for Romero, and Spurs got more for a teenager who never played
Tottenham have agreed to sell their captain to Atletico Madrid, and the fee is lower than the one they banked in July for a defender who never played...
Aug 11, 2026
Araujo went from Barcelona captain to fifth choice, and Liverpool got him for nothing up front
Liverpool have Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan from Barcelona with no loan fee, the wages covered and a 55 million euro option at the end of it. H...
Aug 7, 2026
Akliouche wanted Paris all summer, and PSG finally paid 50 million euros for him
Monaco turned down repeated offers and Liverpool never got close, but the France international had settled on Paris long before the fee did.
Aug 7, 2026
Vinicius signs to 2032, and Arsenal’s pursuit ends without a bid ever being made
Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday that Vinicius Junior has extended to June 2032. Arsenal spent a fortnight waiting for the talks to collapse, and nev...
Aug 6, 2026
Bruno Guimaraes passes his Arsenal medical, and Newcastle’s summer clear-out reaches their captain
Newcastle’s captain has completed a medical at Arsenal and is set to sign a four-year contract, with the 75 million pound fee ending a pursuit that ha...
Aug 4, 2026
Chelsea sign Jordan Henderson on a free, the eighth arrival of Xabi Alonso’s first summer
Jordan Henderson has signed a two-year deal at Stamford Bridge after leaving Brentford as a free agent. At 36, he is the second player over 35 Chelsea...
Aug 3, 2026
Tottenham’s reported Osimhen offer is half what Galatasaray asked for in May
Spurs are said to have opened at 50 to 55 million pounds for Victor Osimhen, with Galatasaray wanting closer to 65 million. Three months ago the same...
Aug 2, 2026
Barcelona are formally notified over Alvarez as the RFEF opens disciplinary proceedings
Atletico lodged their complaint with FIFA and the Spanish federation on 30 June, accusing Barcelona of approaching a player contracted until 2030. Bot...
Jul 29, 2026
John Stones agrees a two-year Inter deal and flies to Milan for a medical
John Stones has agreed personal terms with Inter and is due in Italy on Thursday for a medical, ending a decade at Manchester City with a free transfe...