2025-26 RSL Transfer Watch

The 2025-26 summer transfer window is upon us, with plenty of moves and appointments taking place already ahead of the new Roshn Saudi League season.

But never fear, we’ll keep you across all of the comings and goings as one of the most exciting periods in the football calendar unfurls.

Are your club building a team to compete for the title that Al Ittihad secured in superb style last term? Or are they looking to push for continental competition? Or even make their mark after sealing a spot in the top flight through qualification from the First Division League?

Whatever it is, we’ve got you covered. So, sit back, relax, and scroll through the info below - and check out our dedicated Transfer Hub featuring news, interviews and player profiles HERE - further proof that the RSL is becoming one of the destinations in world football.

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Al Ittihad

In:

Player	From
Mohammed Barnawi	Al Hilal
Mohammed Hazazi	Al Nassr
Adnan Al Bishri	Al Ahli
Faisal Al Ghamdi	Beerschot VA (End of Loan)
Ahmed Al Ghamdi	NEOM SC (End of Loan)
Marwan Al Sahafi	Beerschot VA (End of Loan)
Talal Haji	Al Riyadh (End of Loan)
Hamed Al Ghamdi	Al Ettifaq
Mohammed Al Absi	Al Shabab
Ahmed Al Julaydan	Al Fateh

 

Out:

Player	To
Abdulelah Al Amri	Al Nassr (End of Loan)
Saleh Al Amri	Al Khaleej
Abdulelah Hawsawi	Al Taawoun (Loan)

 

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Al Hilal

In:

Player	From
Ali Lajami	Al Nassr
Abdulkarim Darisi	Al Ahli
Musab Al Juwayr	Al Shabab (End of Loan)
Abdulelah Al Malki	Al Ettifaq (End of Loan)
Abdullah Radif	Al Ettifaq (End of Loan)
Abdullah Al Zaid	NEOM SC (End of Loan)
Theo Hernandez	AC Milan
Darwin Nunez	Liverpool

 

Out:

Player	To
Mohammed Al Owais	AlUla
Mohammed Barnawi	Al Ittihad
Khalid Al Ghannam	Al Ettifaq (End of Loan)
Yasser Al Shahrani	Al Qadsiah
Musab Al Juwayr	Al Qadsiah

 

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Al Nassr

In:

Player	From
Abdulaziz Al Elewa	Al Ettifaq (End of Loan)
Abdulmalik Al Jaber	FK Zeljeznicar Sarajevo
Nader Al Sharari	Al Shabab
Abdulelah Al Amri	Al Ittihad (End of Loan)
Meshari Al Nemer	Damac (End of Loan)
Joao Felix	Chelsea
Inigo Martinez	FC Barcelona
Kingsley Coman	Bayern Munich

 

Out:

Player	To
Ali Lajami	Al Hilal
Jhon Duran	Fenerbahce (Loan)
Mohammed Hazazi	Al Ittihad
Ahmad Al Harbi	Al Ettifaq (End of Loan)

 

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Al Qadsiah

In:

Player	From
Mohammed Al Thani	Al Hazem
Abdullah Al Salem	Al Khaleej
Christopher Bonsu Baah	KRC Genk
Mateo Retegui	Atalanta
Meshari Sunyur	Al Raed
Yasser Al Shahrani	Al Hilal
Musab Al Juwayr	Al Hilal
Miguel Carvalho	Merida AD
Aaron Martín	CD Mirandaes (Loan)

 

Out:

Player	To
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Free Agent

 

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Al Ahli

In:

Player	From
Abdulelah Al Khaibari	Al Riyadh
Allan Saint-Maximin	Fenerbahce (End of Loan)
Saleh Abu Al Shamat	Al Khaleej
Ayman Fallatah	Damac (End of Loan)
Mohammed Abdulrahman	Al Ettifaq
Enzo Millot	VfB Stuttgart

 

Out:

Player	To
Abdulkarim Darisi	Al Hilal
Ezgjan Alioski	FC Lugano
Adnan Al Bishri	Al Ittihad
Gabri Veiga	FC Porto
Roberto Firmino	Al Sadd
Alexsander	Atletico Mineiro
Ziyad Al Ghamdi	Al Ettifaq
Allan Saint-Maximin	CF America

 

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Al Shabab

In:

Player	From
Carlos Junior	NEOM SC (End of Loan)

 

Out:

Player	To
Mohammed Al Thani	End of Loan
Musab Al Juwayr	Al Hilal (End of Loan)
Nader Al Sharari	Al Nassr
Cristian Guanca	AlUla
Mohammed Al Absi	Al Ittihad

 

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Al Ettifaq

In:

Player	From
Mohau Nkota	Orlando Pirates
Ahmad Al Harbi	Al Nassr (End of Loan)
Meshal Al Alaeli	Al Wehda (End of Loan)
Ondrej Duda	Hellas Verona
Abdulbasit Hawsawi	Damac
Ziyad Al Ghamdi	Al Ahli
Francisco Calvo	Hatayspor

 

Out:

Player	To
Karl Toko-Ekambi	End of Contract
Vitinho	End of Contract
Abdulelah Al Malki	Al Hilal (End of Loan)
Abdullah Radif	Al Hilal (End of Loan)
Abdulaziz Al Elewa	Al Nassr (End of Loan)
Josen Escobar	CD America de Cali (End of Loan)
Berat Ozdemir	Basaksehir FK
Marcel Tisserand	End of Contract
Marwan Al Haidari	Al Khaleej
Abdullah Al Owaishir	End of Contract
Mohammed Mahzari	Al Taawoun
Ahmed Bamasud	Al Fayha (End of Loan)
Demarai Gray	Birmingham City
Hamed Al Ghamdi	Al Ittihad
Thamer Al Khaibri	NEOM SC
Hamdan Al Shamrani	End of Contract
Mohammed Abdulrahman	Al Ahli

 

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Al Taawoun

In:

Player	From
Renne Rivas	Caracas FC
Mohammed Mahzari	Al Ettifaq
Mohammed Al Aqel	Al Riyadh
Abdulelah Hawsawi	Al Ittihad (Loan)

 

Out:

Player	To
Fahad Al Abdulrazzaq	Al Najmah
Rakan Al Tulayhi	Al Najmah

 

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Al Kholood

In:

Player	From

 

Out:

Player	To
Aliou Dieng	Al Ahly SC (End of Loan)
Alex Collado	Al Shamal
Hamdan Al Shamrani	Al Ettifaq (End of Loan)
Abdullah Hawsawi	Al Najmah

 

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Al Fateh

In:

Player	From

 

Out:

Player	To
Mohammed Al Fuhaid	End of Contract
Ammar Al Dohaim	End of Contract
Waleed Al Enezi	End of Contract
Peter Szappanos	End of Contract
Hussein Al Zaree	Al Diriyah
Matheus Machado	Ludogorets
Waleed Al Anzi	Al Najmah
Ahmed Al Julaydan	Al Ittihad

 

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Al Riyadh

In:

Player	From
Osama Al Bawardi	Al Najmah
Maher Al Mutairi	Al Zulfi
Sulaiman Hazazi	Al Zulfi
Mohammed Al Khaibari	Al Khaleej
Fahad Al Jizani	Jeddah
Sultan Al Essa	Al Hazem
Salman Matar	Hajer
Samuel Sackey	QPR
Sergio Gonzalez	CD Leganes
Ahmed Khatir	SK Beveren
Teddy Okou	FC Luzern
Khalil Al Absi	Al Hazem

 

Out:

Player	To
Faiz Selemani	Qatar SC
⁠Bernard Mensah	End of Contract
Mohamed Konate	Akhmat Grozny
Sekou Lega	Kalba FC
Lucas Kal	End of Contract
Abdulelah Al Khaibari	Al Ahli
Ahmed Asiri	Al Khaleej
Mohammed Al Aqel	Al Taawoun

 

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Al Khaleej

In:

Player	From
Marwan Al Haidari	Al Ettifaq
Hamad Al Jayzani	Al Raed
Majed Kanabah	Al Shabab
Joshua King	Toulouse
Anthony Moris	Union SG
Bart Schenkeveld	Panathinaikos
Ahmed Asiri	Al Riyadh
Paolo Fernandes	AEK Athens (Loan)
Saleh Al Amri	Al Ittihad
Georgios Masouras	Olympiacos (Loan)

 

Out:

Player	To
Abdullah Al Salem	Al Qadsiah
Mohammed Al Khaibari	Al Riyadh
Fabio Martins	End of Contract
Ibrahim Sehic	Corum FK
Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly FC
Thomas Murg	PAOK Thessaloniki
Khaled Al Sumairi	End of Contract
Saleh Abu Al Shamat	Al Ahli

 

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Al Fayha

In:

Player	From
Rayan Al Mutairi	Al Najmah
Ahmed Bamasud	Al Ittihad
Jason Remeseiro	FC Arouca
Ali Al Nakhli	Al Ansar
Abdulrahman Al Enezi	Al Orobah - End of Loan
Yassine Benzia	Qarabag
Abdullah Al Joui	Free Agent

 

Out:

Player	To
Faris Abdi	NEOM SC

 

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Damac

In:

Player	From

 

Out:

Player	To
Meshari Al Nemer	Al Nassr (End of Loan)
Abdulbasit Hawaswi	Al Ettifaq
Ayman Fallatah	Al Ahli (End of Loan)
Georges-Kevin N'Koudou	Al Diriyah

 

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Al Okhdood

In:

Player	From
Gokhan Gul	Kasimpasa
Samuel Portugal	FC Porto (Loan)
Koray Gunter	Hellas Verona

 

Out:

Player	To
Saviour Godwin	FC Baniyas
Paulo Vítor	Atletico Goianiense
Diego Ferreira	Dibba FC

 

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NEOM SC

In:

Player	From
Amadou Kone	Stade Reims
Alexandre Lacazette	Olympique Lyon
Faris Abdi	Al Fayha
Marcin Bulka	OGC Nice
Ala'a Al Hajji	Al Wehda
Abdulaziz Noor	Al Wehda
Thamer Al Khaibri	Al Ettifaq
Nathan Zeze	FC Nantes
Saimon Bouabre	AS Monaco
Abdoulaye Doucoure	Everton

 

Out:

Player	To
Abdullah Al Zaid	Al Hilal (End of Loan)
Mbaye Diagne	End of Contract
Ahmed Al Ghamdi	Al Ittihad (End of Loan)
Carlos Junior	Al Shabab (End of Loan)
Muhannad Al Saad	Lausanne-Sport

 

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Al Najmah

In:

Player	From
Ammar Al Najjar	Jeddah Club
Abdullah Hawsawi	Al Kholood
Nasser Al Hilayel	Al Jubail
Mohammed Al Kanidari	Al Tai
Fahad Al Abdulrazzaq	Al Taawoun
David Tijanic	Goztepe
Romell Quioto	Al Arabi
Abdelwahid Al Nakhly	Al Jandal
Mohamed Mansour	Al Arabi
Waleed Al Anzi	Al Fateh
Samir Caetano	Tigres UANL
Rakan Al Tulayhi	Al Taawoun

 

Out:

Player	To
Rayan Al Mutairi	Al Fayha
Osama Al Bawardi	Al Riyadh

 

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Al Hazem

In:

Player	From

 

Out:

Player	To
Mohammed Al Thani	Al Qadsiah
Sultan Al Essa	Al Riyadh
Karim Yoda	End of Contract
Zinho Gano	End of Contract
Ibrahima Ndiaye	End of Contract
Jurrien Gaari	End of Contract
Okacha Hamzaoui	Dibba Al Hisn SC
Hussein Fraij	End of Contract
Sultan Al Serihi	End of Contract
Abdullah Al Samti	End of Contract
Khalil Al Absi	Al Riyadh

 

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REMINDER: check out our dedicated Transfer Hub featuring news, interviews, player profiles and features HERE