Football · The Window LedgerPublished · 2026-08-13
The Window Ledger
€3.1m in, €7.1m out: the Algerian Ligue 1's 2025/26 ledger across 59 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 86% of its business that carried no fee at all.
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Across 2025/26, the Algerian Ligue 1 recorded 59 incoming moves. 8 of them carried a disclosed fee; the other 51 (86%) were frees, loans or undisclosed.
Spent
€3.1m
Disclosed incoming fees, 2025/26.
Banked
€7.1m
Disclosed fees received, 2025/26.
Net
−€3.9m
Spend minus receipts. Not a profit-and-loss — wages and amortisation are not in this record.
Deals with no disclosed fee
86%
Undisclosed is a real outcome, not a missing number, and is never estimated here.
| Player | From | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zineddine Belaid | Sint-Truiden | JS Kabylie | €750k |
| Achref Abada | ASO Chlef | USM Alger | €650k |
| Billal Messaoudi | Bandirma Spor | JS Kabylie | €600k |
| Alexis Guendouz | Persepolis FC | MC Alger | €400k |
| Mehdi Merghem | USM Alger | JS Kabylie | €265k |
| Sid Ahmed Aissaoui | PFK CSKA Moskva | MC Alger | €250k |
| Tarek Bousseder | ES Sétif | CR Belouizdad | €135k |
| Necer Marouane Benzid | US Biskra | MB Rouissat | €100k |
A league ledger measures money moved, not quality bought. The share of business done without a fee is the number most often skipped, and it is usually the majority of it.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial wages, amortisation withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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