Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€2.0m among 17 priced deals: Rafael Ratão to Shanghai Shenhua, 1st on the Chinese Super League's 2025/26 list
Esporte Clube Bahia to Shanghai Shenhua for €2.0m. What the price says against the 17 other disclosed fees the Chinese Super League paid that season.
THE BACK PAGE · the money behind the move · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
Shanghai Shenhua paid Esporte Clube Bahia €2.0m for Rafael Ratão.
The fee
€2.0m
1st largest of 17 disclosed fees into the Chinese Super League, 2025/26
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 the Chinese Super League 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 market_value_at_transfer, add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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