The summer transfer window is officially closed in most European leagues and things were definitely exciting. Liverpool have finally agreed terms with Newcastle for the transfer of Alexander Isak, though the fate of a Marc Guehi move remains in limbo. Manchester City have agreed a deal with PSG for the transfer of Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, while Ederson is set to join Fenerbahce. On Monday, among the top European leagues, only LaLiga’s window remains open, not shutting until 6 p.m. ET. Other leagues and associations around Europe, like in Türkiye, and in Saudi Arabia will close at later dates, creating opportunities to sell for players and teams that couldn’t find a solution in the summer before the deadline of September 1. Free agents, on the other hand, will still be able to sign with a club if they are not registered with another team.
The top deals of the day
- Alexander Isak from Newcastle to Liverpool for $175 million
- Gianluigi Donnarumma from PSG to Manchester City for $30 million
- Edon Zhegrova from Lille to Juventus for $20 million
- Loic Openda from RB Leipzig to Juventus for $40 million
- Jadon Sancho from Manchester United to Aston Villa on loan
- Adrien Rabiot from OM to AC Milan for $10 million
- Yoane Wissa from Brentford to Newcastle for $73 million
- Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp to Manchester United for $23 million
- Randal Kolo Muani from PSG to Tottenham on loan
- Manuel Akanji from Manchester City to Inter on loan
- Benjamin Pavard from Inter to OM on loan
- Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea to Bayern Munich on loan with buy option included in the deal
The Isak saga is finally over
Alexander Isak is a new Liverpool striker in what will be the highest fee in the history of the Premier League after the Reds signed the Swedish striker for around $175 million from Newcastle. It was one of the longest transfer sagas of the summer 2025 as the player pushed to leave Newcastle in the summer transfer window, refusing to play and train with the team coached by Eddie Howe. While Arne Slot’s side kept believing they could land on the deal, the move became a reality only in the last day of the transfer business, as Isak underwent the medical tests in the morning of the Deadline Day. Liverpool signed both Isak and Florian Wirtz in the summer 2025, the two biggest transfer fees paid in the history of the league, as the German striker also joined earlier for $133 million from Bayer Leverkusen.
An unexpected move for Akanji
If most of the deals that went through in the last days of business were kind of expected, there are some that really came out of nowhere. In particular, Inter have decided to sign Manuel Akanji from Manchester City on loan with an option to buy included in the deal, while at the same time Olympique Marseille signed French international Benjamin Pavard from the Nerazzurri. Pavard leaves the Italian Serie A two years after he joined from Bayern Munich, winning one Serie A title under Simone Inzaghi in his first season at the club, while Akanji was also on the radar of AC Milan, but then decided to join their crosstown rivals on the last day of the summer transfer window.
The story of the day — the deal that didn’t happen
Liverpool were probably the most active team of the window, and they also showed it on deadline day when they signed Isak from Newcastle, but also failed to sign Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. During Monday afternoon the Reds agreed on a deal to sign him from Crystal Palace for a fee of over $46 million, with a 10% sell-on clause included, but then the deal collapsed as the team coached by Oliver Glasner was not able to sign the replacement for their club captain on time, despite him having a contract running in the summer 2026. After today’s events, there’s a real chance he could leave next year as a free agent, which would be wild, especially considering the club could have made a significant profit by selling him this summer.
