Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€8.5m at 0.61× his valuation: Simon Banza to Al-Jazira, 1st on the UAE Pro League's 2025/26 list
Braga to Al-Jazira for €8.5m. What the price says against the 10 other disclosed fees the UAE Pro League paid that season.
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Al-Jazira paid Braga €8.5m for Simon Banza, a forward who was 29 at the time of the move.
The fee
€8.5m
1st largest of 10 disclosed fees into the UAE Pro League, 2025/26
Against the market's number
0.61×
His market value at the time of the move was €14.0m.
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 the UAE Pro 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 add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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