Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€6.0m at 2.00× his valuation: Chico Lamba to Saint-Étienne, 1st on Ligue 2's 2025/26 list
Arouca to Saint-Étienne for €6.0m. What the price says against the 6 other disclosed fees Ligue 2 paid that season.
THE BACK PAGE · the money behind the move · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
Saint-Étienne paid Arouca €6.0m for Chico Lamba, a defender who was 22 at the time of the move.
The fee
€6.0m
1st largest of 6 disclosed fees into Ligue 2, 2025/26
Against the market's number
2.00×
His market value at the time of the move was €3.0m.
What that buys is a separate question from what it cost. This is the price and the shape of the deal, read against every other fee Ligue 2 disclosed in 2025/26 — not a forecast of how the signing turns out.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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