Confirmed July Transfers: Blockbuster Moves Across Europe
The transfer window for Premier League, English Football League, Scottish Premiership and Women’s Super League clubs, and their counterparts in Germany, France, Spain and Italy, reopened on 15 June. The page covers signings by those leagues plus selected overseas deals, and the highlights below are drawn from the complete list of confirmed July moves.
Record-Level Spends and Big-Name Swaps
Sandro Tonali completed a £100m move from Newcastle to Tottenham. Mateus Fernandes joined Tottenham from West Ham for £85m, giving the London club two of the window’s costliest signings.
Youri Tielemans left Aston Villa for Manchester United in a £35m deal, and Johan Manzambi moved from Freiburg to Aston Villa for a fee reported as £50m-plus. Luka Vuskovic transferred from Tottenham to Brighton for £46m, while Bazoumana Toure joined Newcastle United from Hoffenheim for £43m.
Alvaro Rodriguez left Elche for Bournemouth for £25.7m. Tarik Muharemovic transferred from Sassuolo to Leeds for £34.1m, and Mason Greenwood moved from Marseille to Fenerbahce for £33.27m.
Leandro Trossard moved from Arsenal to Besiktas for £15.3m. Maxime Esteve left Burnley for RB Leipzig for £27.3m.
Loans, Free Transfers and Undisclosed Fees
Karl Darlow moved from Leeds to Manchester United on a free, and Alex McCarthy joined Leicester from Southampton without a fee. Callum Wilson signed for Brentford from West Ham as a free agent.
Radu Dragusin went from Tottenham to Fiorentina on loan, and Lesley Ugochukwu joined Galatasaray from Burnley on loan. Andres Garcia moved from Aston Villa to Getafe on loan, and Brajan Gruda joined RB Leipzig from Brighton on loan.
Louie Barry moved from Aston Villa to Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee. Barry Bannan moved from Millwall to Sheffield Wednesday on the same terms, and Cauley Woodrow joined Wycombe from Luton for an undisclosed fee.
Women’s Game Sees High-Profile Arrivals
Kadidiatou Diani joined London City Lionesses from Lyon for £500,000-plus. Niamh Charles moved from Chelsea to Manchester City for £500,000, and Mapi Leon signed for London City Lionesses from Barcelona on a free.
Alexia Putellas also joined London City from Barcelona without a fee. Georgia Stanway moved from Bayern Munich to Arsenal on undisclosed terms, and Geraldine Reuteler joined Arsenal from Eintracht Frankfurt as a free agent.
Emily Ramsey signed for Aston Villa from Everton on a free. Mathilde Harviken moved from Juventus to Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, and Amalie Vangsgaard joined Aston Villa from Juventus on undisclosed terms.
Wider League Movement
Scottish Premiership sides were active throughout the month. Kelechi Iheanacho left Celtic for Bursaspor on a free, and Maik Nawrocki moved from Celtic to Lens for an undisclosed fee. Alan Forrest joined Dundee from Heart of Midlothian without a fee.
English Football League clubs completed numerous moves beyond those already listed. Danny Anisjko joined Chesterfield from Nottingham Forest on a free, and Remeao Hutton moved from Gillingham to Chesterfield on a free. Shaun McWilliams joined Cheltenham from Rotherham on a free.
The source also listed Loum Tchaouna’s proposed £20m move from Burnley to Coventry City as unconfirmed, so it is excluded from these confirmed deals.