Saudi Pro League January transfers 2025: All the Done Deals

Cameron Smith

• 5 Feb 2025 14:51 GMT
• 10 min read

The 2025 Saudi Pro League January transfer window is now over, with some major deals completed this year.

The richest division in world football made a huge splash in 2023, purchasing the likes of Neymar, Karim Benzema, Kalidou Koulibaly, N’Golo Kante, Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte and Sadio Mane during a historic transfer window.

However, the allure of Saudi Arabia seems to have diminished somewhat and the summer window in 2024 was far less impressive. Ivan Toney sealed a late move to Al-Ahli, Joao Cancelo joined Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad completed the signing of Moussa Diaby, but Saudi Arabia missed out on Victor Osimhen and the league’s total spending was €477.81 million less than in 2023.

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Despite this, Saudi Pro League clubs dipped back into the market during the January transfer window.

The biggest story of the January window saw Neymar sensationally terminate his contract at Al-Hilal after a disastrous 18 months. He returned to former club Santos in Brazil.

Meanwhile, Al-Hilal spent €9m on young Brazilian striker Kaio Cesar from Vitoria Guimaraes in a bid to replace Neymar.

The first noteworthy transfers of January 2025 saw Al-Fateh sign Matias Vargas from Shanghai Port while offloading Lucas Zelarayan to Belgrano.

Al-Nassr sold former Lens captain Seko Fofana to Stade Rennais for a fee of €20 million, following a loan spell at Al-Ettifaq for the entirety of 2024. They also sold Talisca to Fenerbahce.

Cristiano Ronaldo's club replaced Talisca with Aston Villa star Jhon Duran who joined in a €77m deal. They also launched an unsuccessful €95m bid for Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma.

Meanwhile, former Real Betis defender Luiz Felipe terminated his contract with Al-Ittihad and joined Olympique de Marseille on a free transfer just 18 months after his €22m transfer to Saudi Arabia.

Turmoil-stricken Al-Ahli, who wanted to sack Matthias Jaissle but decided against it after fan backlash, signed Galeno from Porto for €50m and Matteo Dams from PSV for €9m.

Al-Ettifaq did not make a major signing, but they made headlines by losing head coach Steven Gerrard, who parted ways with the club and returned to Europe in late January.

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Done Deals for January 2025: Every Saudi Pro League club's new signings

The 2024-25 Saudi Pro League January transfer window opened on 1 January and closed on 3 February.

This page will be updated regularly to detail every Saudi Pro League transfer during the January window, both ins and outs.

Al-Ahli SFC

Al-Ahli SFC January signings

Al-Ahli SFC January sales

Al-Ettifaq FC

Al-Ettifaq FC January signings

Al-Ettifaq FC January sales

Al-Fateh SC

Al-Fateh SC January signings

Al-Fateh SC January sales

Al-Fayha FC

Al-Fayha FC January signings

Al-Fayha FC January sales

Al-Hilal SFC

Al-Hilal SFC January signings

Al-Hilal SFC January sales

Al-Ittihad Club

Al-Ittihad Club January signings

Al-Ittihad Club January sales

Al-Khaleej FC

Al-Khaleej FC January signings

Al-Khaleej FC January sales

Al-Kholood

Al-Kholood January signings

Al-Kholood January sales

Al-Nassr FC

Al-Nassr FC January signings

Al-Nassr FC January sales

Al-Okhdood Club

Al-Okhdood Club January signings

Al-Okhdood Club January sales

Al-Orobah

Al-Orobah January signings

Al-Orobah January sales

Al-Qadsiah

Al-Qadsiah January signings

Al-Qadsiah January sales

Al-Raed SFC

Al-Raed SFC January signings

Al-Raed SFC January sales

Al-Riyadh SC

Al-Riyadh SC January signings

Al-Riyadh SC January sales

Al-Shabab FC

Al-Shabab FC January signings

Al-Shabab FC January sales

Al-Taawoun FC

Al-Taawoun FC January signings

Al-Taawoun FC January sales

Al-Wehda FC

Al-Wehda FC January signings

None so far.

Al-Wehda FC January sales

Damac FC

Damac FC January signings

None so far.

Damac FC January sales