List of French football transfers summer 2019

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2019 summer transfer window. Only transfers featuring Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are listed.

Ligue 1

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Paris Saint-Germain

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Spain ESP Ander Herrera (from England Manchester United)[1]
19 MF Spain ESP Pablo Sarabia (from Spain Sevilla)[2]
30 GK Poland POL Marcin Bułka (from England Chelsea)[3]
25 DF Netherlands NED Mitchel Bakker (from Netherlands Ajax)[4]
22 DF France FRA Abdou Diallo (from Germany Borussia Dortmund)[5]
27 DF Senegal SEN Idrissa Gueye (from England Everton)[6]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Argentina ARG Giovani Lo Celso (to Spain Real Betis, previously on loan)[7]
1 GK Italy ITA Gianluigi Buffon (to Italy Juventus)[8]
25 MF France FRA Adrien Rabiot (to Italy Juventus)[9]
13 DF Brazil BRA Dani Alves (to Brazil Sao Paulo FC)[10]
27 FW France FRA Moussa Diaby (to Germany Bayer Leverkusen)[11]
– MF France FRA Gaëtan Robail (to France Lens)[12]
21 FW United States USA Timothy Weah (to France Lille)[13]
— MF Poland POL Grzegorz Krychowiak (to Russia Lokomotiv Moscow)[14]
24 MF France FRA Christopher Nkunku (to Germany RB Leipzig)[15]

Lille

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW United States USA Timothy Weah (from France Paris Saint-Germain)[13]
– DF Mozambique MOZ Reinildo Mandava (from Portugal Belenenses)[16]
21 MF Burkina Faso BFA Abou Ouattara (from Belgium KV Mechelen, previously on loan)[17]
– DF Morocco MAR Saad Agouzoul (from Morocco Kawkab Marrakech)[18]
– GK Brazil BRA Léo Jardim (from Portugal Rio Ave)[19]
– GK Angola ANG Manuel Cafumana (from Angola 1º de Agosto)[20]
– MF France FRA Benjamin André (from France Rennes)[21]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Mali MLI Youssouf Koné (to France Lyon)[22]
— MF Brazil BRA Thiago Mendes (to France Lyon)[23]
19 FW Ivory Coast CIV Nicolas Pépé (to England Arsenal)
— MF Netherlands NED Anwar El Ghazi (to England Aston Villa, previously on loan)[24]

Lyon

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW France FRA Boubacar Fofana (from France Gazélec Ajaccio)[25]
— GK Romania ROU Ciprian Tătărușanu (from France Nantes)[26]
— MF Brazil BRA Jean Lucas (from Brazil Flamengo)[27]
— DF Mali MLI Youssouf Koné (from France Lille)[22]
— MF Brazil BRA Thiago Mendes (from France Lille)[23]
— DF Denmark DEN Joachim Andersen (from Italy Sampdoria)[28]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Luxembourg LUX Christopher Martins (to Switzerland Young Boys)[29]
— DF France FRA Ferland Mendy (to Spain Real Madrid)[30]
— MF France FRA Jordan Ferri (to France Montpellier)[31]
— MF France FRA Tanguy Ndombele (to England Tottenham)[32]
— MF France FRA Hamza Rafia (to Italy Juventus)[33]
— DF Madagascar MAD Jérémy Morel (to France Rennais)[34]

Saint-Étienne

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF France FRA Alpha Sissoko (from Clermont)[35]
— DF France FRA Harold Moukoudi (from Le Havre)[36]
— DF France FRA Lucas Llort (from Montpellier II)[37]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF France FRA William Saliba (to England Arsenal)[38]

Marseille

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Montpellier

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF France FRA Jordan Ferri (from France Lyon)[31]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– GK France FRA Benjamin Lecomte (to France Monaco)[39]
— DF France FRA Lucas Llort (to Montpellier II)[37]
– FW Belgium BEL Isaac Mbenza (to England Huddersfield Town, previously on loan)[40]

Nice

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Reims

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Belgium BEL Björn Engels (to England Aston Villa)[41]

Nîmes

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Rennes

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Madagascar MAD Jérémy Morel (from France Lyon)[34]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Algeria ALG Ramy Bensebaini (to Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach)[42]
21 MF France FRA Benjamin André (to France Lille)[21]
23 DF Senegal SEN Ismaïla Sarr (to England Watford)[43]
40 GK Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Koubek (to Germany Augsburg)[44]

Strasbourg

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Ivory Coast CIV Lamine Koné (from England Sunderland, previously on loan)[45]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Nantes

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Mali MLI Molla Wagué (from Italy Udinese)[46]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Romania ROU Ciprian Tătărușanu (to Lyon)[26]

Angers

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Bordeaux

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Amiens

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– DF Sweden SWE Emil Krafth (from Italy Bologna (previously on loan))

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– DF Sweden SWE Emil Krafth (to England Newcastle United)[47]

Toulouse

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Monaco

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF Portugal POR Gelson Martins (from Spain Atlético Madrid,previously on loan)[48]
– GK France FRA Benjamin Lecomte (from France Montpellier)[39]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF France FRA Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (to Germany Mainz 05)[49]
– MF France FRA Guévin Tormin (to France Châteauroux)[50]
– GK Spain ESP Álvaro Fernández (to Spain SD Huesca)[51]
– MF Belgium BEL Youri Tielemans (to England Leicester City, previously on loan)[52]
– MF France FRA Ibrahima Diallo (to France Brest, previously on loan)[53]

Dijon

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Gabon GAB Bruno Ecuele Manga (from Wales Cardiff City)[54]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF South Korea KOR Kwon Chang-hoon (to Germany Freiburg)[55]

Metz

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Ivory Coast CIV Victorien Angban (from England Chelsea, previously on loan)[56]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Brest

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF France FRA Ibrahima Diallo (from France Monaco)[53]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Ligue 2

Caen

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Guingamp

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW France FRA Marcus Thuram (to Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach)[57]

Troyes

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Paris FC

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Serbia SRB Strahinja Tanasijević (from Italy Chievo (loan))[58]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Lens

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF France FRA Gaëtan Robail (from France Paris Saint-Germain)[12]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Lorient

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Le Havre

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF France FRA Harold Moukoudi (to Saint-Étienne)[36]

Orléans

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Grenoble

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Clermont

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF France FRA Alpha Sissoko (to Saint-Étienne)[35]
– FW France FRA Florian Ayé (to Italy Brescia)[59]

Châteauroux

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF France FRA Guévin Tormin (fromo France Monaco)[50]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Niort

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Valenciennes

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Nancy

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Auxerre

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Sochaux

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF France FRA Lucien Agoumé (to Italy Inter Milan)[60]

Ajaccio

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Rodez

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Chambly

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Le Mans

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ander Herrera au Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Pablo Sarabia s'engage avec le Paris Saint-Germain jusqu'au 30 juin 2024". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ "PSG have signed 19-year-old goalkeeper Marcin Bulka from Chelsea". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Mitchel Bakker s'engage avec le Paris Saint-Germain jusqu'au 30 juin 2023". Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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  8. ^ "Gianluigi Buffon to leave Paris St-Germain at end of month". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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  16. ^ Lille purchase Reinildo Mandava in €3m deal, getfootballnewsfrance.com, 31 May 2019
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  18. ^ "Avec Agouzoul le LOSC pense à l'avenir" (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Le LOSC recrute le gardien Brésilien Léo Jardim" (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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  27. ^ "Official: Jean Lucas joins Olympique Lyonnais". Football News 24. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  28. ^ "Transferts : Joachim Andersen (Sampdoria) a signé à l'OL (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  29. ^ "L'OL vend Christopher Martins Pereira aux Young Boys de Berne". 13 June 2019.
  30. ^ "Ferland Mendy completes move to Real Madrid". Olympique Lyonnais. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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  34. ^ a b "DÉPART : MERCI JÉRÉMY MOREL" (in French). 17 July 2018.
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  40. ^ "Loan: winger Isaac Mbenza signs!". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 9 August 2018.
  41. ^ "Transfer news: Aston Villa sign centre-back Björn Engels". www.avfc.co.uk. Aston Villa F.C. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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  50. ^ a b "Guevin Tormin à Châteauroux". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  51. ^ "Álvaro Fernández rejoint le SD Huesca". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco FC. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  52. ^ "Youri Tielemans à Leicester City". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco FC. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  53. ^ a b "Ibrahima Diallo à Brest". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco FC. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  54. ^ "Bruno Manga: Cardiff City sell defender to French club Dijon". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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  57. ^ "Transferts : Marcus Thuram (Guingamp) s'engage avec Mönchengladbach (officiel)". L'Équipe. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  58. ^ "Strahinja Tanasijevic prêté au Paris FC". parisfc.fr (in French). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  59. ^ "Officiel : Florian Ayé file à Brescia !". Footmercato.net.
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