# List of French football transfers winter 2021–22

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2021–22 winter transfer window. Only transfers featuring Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are listed.

## Ligue 1

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

### Lille

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa (free agent) |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Edon Zhegrova (from Basel) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné (to Fiorentina) |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı (on loan to CSKA Moscow) |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Eugenio Pizzuto (to Braga) |
| 28 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava (to Atlético Madrid) |
| — | MF | BRA | Thiago Maia (to Flamengo, previously on loan) |

### Paris Saint-Germain

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Rafinha (on loan to Real Sociedad) |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico (on loan to Mallorca) |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Teddy Alloh (on loan to Eupen) |
| — | FW | FRA | Kenny Nagera (on loan to Avranches, previously on loan at Bastia) |

### Monaco

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vanderson (from Grêmio) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Wilson Isidor (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Pellegri (on loan to Torino, previously on loan at Milan) |

### Lyon

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Romain Faivre (from Brest) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo (to Bordeaux) |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani (to Sporting CP) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Florent da Silva (on loan to Villefranche) |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Bruno Guimarães (to Newcastle United) |
| — | FW | FRA | Yaya Soumaré (on loan to Annecy, previously on loan at Dijon) |

### Marseille

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu (from Beijing Guoan) |
| 23 | DF | BIH | Sead Kolašinac (from Arsenal) |
| — | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot (from Spartak Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi (on loan to Nice) |
| — | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot (on loan to Spartak Moscow) |
| — | FW | ARG | Darío Benedetto (to Boca Juniors, previously on loan at Elche) |

### Rennes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline (on loan to Le Havre) |
| — | FW | TUR | Metehan Güçlü (on loan to Emmen) |

### Lens

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Patrick Berg (from Bodø/Glimt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Charles Boli (on loan to Vicenza) |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Varane (on loan to Rodez) |

### Montpellier

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | SUI | Gabriel Barès (from Lausanne) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | URU | Mathías Suárez (on loan to Montevideo City Torque) |

### Reims

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Maxime Busi (on loan from Parma) |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Jens Cajuste (from Midtjylland) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | MLI | Fodé Doucouré (on loan to Red Star) |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Cafaro (to Standard Liège) |
| 27 | FW | CIV | N'Dri Philippe Koffi (on loan to Paços Ferreira) |
| 29 | DF | SEN | Moustapha Mbow (on loan to Nîmes) |

### Nice

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi (on loan from Marseille) |
| — | DF | CIV | Kouadio Ahoussou (from RC Abidjan) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Bilal Brahimi (from Angers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Robson Bambu (on loan to Corinthians) |
| 13 | DF | CIV | Hassane Kamara (to Watford) |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha (on loan to Clermont) |
| 34 | FW | IRL | Deji Sotona (on loan to Brentford B) |

### Metz

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | GNB | Fali Candé (from Portimonense) |
| 27 | DF | CMR | Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (free agent) |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Ibrahim Amadou (from Sevilla) |
| 34 | FW | CTA | Louis Mafouta (on loan from Neuchâtel Xamax) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | CGO | Warren Tchimbembé (on loan to Mirandés) |
| 13 | FW | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen) |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Lamine Gueye (on loan to Paris FC) |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Amine Bassi (on loan to Barnsley) |

### Saint-Étienne

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Sada Thioub (on loan from Angers) |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Falaye Sacko (on loan from Vitória Guimarães) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Eliaquim Mangala (free agent) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Joris Gnagnon (free agent) |
| 26 | FW | MLI | Bakary Sako (free agent) |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Enzo Crivelli (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir, previously on loan at Antalyaspor) |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Paul Bernardoni (on loan from Angers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Stefan Bajic (to Pau) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Ignacio Ramírez (loan return to Liverpool Montevideo) |
| 14 | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso (on loan to Ajaccio) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Alpha Sissoko (to Quevilly-Rouen) |

### Bordeaux

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Anel Ahmedhodžić (on loan from Malmö) |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Danylo Ihnatenko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk, previously on loan at Dnipro-1) |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Marcelo (from Lyon) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Otávio (on loan to Atlético Mineiro) |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Laurent Koscielny (free agent) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Josh Maja (on loan to Stoke City) |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Samuel Kalu (to Watford) |

### Angers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Marin Jakoliš (from Hajduk Split, previously on loan at Šibenik) |
| 23 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Paul Bernardoni (on loan to Saint-Étienne) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Bilal Brahimi (to Nice) |
| 22 | FW | SEN | Sada Thioub (on loan to Saint-Étienne) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Antonin Bobichon (on loan to Nancy) |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Farid El Melali (on loan to Pau) |

### Strasbourg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Ismaël Doukouré (from Valenciennes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | RSA | Lebo Mothiba (on loan to Troyes) |
| 30 | GK | SEN | Bingourou Kamara (on loan to Charleroi) |
| 40 | GK | HAI | Alexandre Pierre (on loan to Annecy) |

### Lorient

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Bonke Innocent (from Malmö) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ibrahima Koné (from Sarpsborg 08) |
| — | FW | NGA | Taofeek Ismaheel (from Fredrikstad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Loris Mouyokolo (on loan to Bourg-en-Bresse) |
| 5 | DF | MAD | Thomas Fontaine (to Nancy) |
| 27 | FW | AUT | Adrian Grbić (on loan to Vitesse) |
| — | FW | NGA | Taofeek Ismaheel (on loan to Vålerenga) |

### Brest

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | URU | Martín Satriano (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 24 | FW | ALG | Youcef Belaïli (from Qatar SC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Romain Faivre (to Lyon) |

### Nantes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué (to Seraing) |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Renaud Emond (to Standard Liège) |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Charly Jan (to Bourg-en-Bresse) |

### Troyes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | USA | Erik Palmer-Brown (from Manchester City, previously on loan) |
| 12 | DF | POR | Abdu Conté (from Moreirense) |
| — | FW | RSA | Lebo Mothiba (on loan from Strasbourg) |
| — | MF | SRB | Luka Ilić (from Manchester City, previously on loan at Twente) |
| — | FW | CAN | Iké Ugbo (on loan from Genk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Jimmy Giraudon (on loan to Leganés) |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Levi Lumeka (on loan to Vilafranquense) |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Gabriel Mutombo (on loan to Vilafranquense) |
| 18 | MF | CTA | Calvin Bombo (free agent) |
| 21 | DF | NED | Philippe Sandler (loan return to Manchester City) |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Patrick Roberts (loan return to Manchester City) |
| — | MF | SVN | Enrik Ostrc (on loan to Lommel, previously on loan at Olimpija Ljubljana) |

### Clermont

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Grejohn Kyei (from Servette) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha (on loan from Nice) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Julien Boyer (on loan to Bastia) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jordan Tell (to Grenoble) |
| 10 | MF | URU | Jonathan Iglesias (to Paris FC) |

## Ligue 2

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

### Nîmes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Scotty Sadzoute (on loan from OH Leuven) |
| 29 | DF | SEN | Moustapha Mbow (on loan from Reims) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Karim Aribi (to CR Belouizdad) |

### Dijon

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Anthony Racioppi (to Young Boys) |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Panzo (to Nottingham Forest) |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Yaya Soumaré (loan return to Lyon) |

### Toulouse

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | JAM | Junior Flemmings (to Birmingham Legion) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | CMR | Stéphane Zobo (to Béziers) |
| — | DF | URU | Agustín Rogel (to Estudiantes, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | NOR | Ruben Gabrielsen (free agent, previously on loan at Copenhagen) |

### Grenoble

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | FW | GAM | Abdoulie Sanyang (from Superstars Academy, previously on loan at Beerschot) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Allan Tchaptchet (free agent) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Axel Ngando (free agent) |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Jordan Tell (from Clermont) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | TOG | David Henen (to Kortrijk) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Chris-Vianney Goteni (on loan to Canet Roussillon) |
| 24 | MF | SUI | Yannick Marchand (loan return to Basel) |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Jules Sylvestre-Brac (on loan to Moulins Yzeure) |

### Paris

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | URU | Jonathan Iglesias (from Clermont) |
| 13 | FW | MAR | Khalid Boutaïb (from Le Havre) |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Lamine Gueye (on loan from Metz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Saïd Arab (on loan to Bastia-Borgo) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laura (on loan to Cosenza) |
| 33 | FW | CTA | Arnaud Tattevin (to Avranches) |

### Auxerre

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Sochaux

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | MLI | Adama Niane (on loan to Dunkerque) |

### Nancy

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Antonin Bobichon (on loan from Angers) |
| 20 | DF | MAD | Thomas Fontaine (from Lorient) |
| 33 | FW | COD | Yeni Ngbakoto (from Panathinaikos) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Guingamp

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Stephen Quemper (from Bastia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Logan Ndenbe (to Kansas City) |
| 23 | DF | MAD | Jérôme Mombris (retired) |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Jules Gaudin (on loan to Bastia-Borgo) |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Ervin Taha (on loan to Créteil) |

### Amiens

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | GLP | Mickaël Alphonse (to Maccabi Haifa) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Iron Gomis (on loan to Dunkerque) |
| 25 | DF | POR | Rafael Fonseca (to Académico Viseu) |

### Valenciennes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Ugo Bonnet (from Rodez) |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Florian Martin (free agent) |
| 15 | FW | CIV | Cheick Timité (from Fuenlabrada) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEN | Saturnin Allagbé (loan return to Dijon) |
| 4 | MF | BEN | Sessi D'Almeida (on loan to Tondela) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Ismaël Doukouré (to Strasbourg) |

### Le Havre

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Matthis Abline (on loan from Rennes) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Khalid Boutaïb (to Paris FC) |

### Ajaccio

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso (on loan from Saint-Étienne) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Lucas Pellegrini (to Titus Pétange, previously on loan at Bastia Borgo) |

### Pau

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | FW | FRA | Jared Khasa (on loan from Sion) |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Farid El Melali (on loan from Angers) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães) |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Stefan Bajic (from Saint-Étienne) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Charly Keita (to Sedan) |

### Rodez

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (from Cercle Brugge) |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Árni Vilhjálmsson (from Breiðablik) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Varane (on loan from Lens) |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Jean-Pierre Tiéhi (on loan from Fulham) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Ugo Bonnet (to Valenciennes) |

### Caen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Djibril Diani (from Grasshoppers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Loup Hervieu (to Mandel United) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jason Ngouabi (on loan to Sète 34) |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Kélian Nsona (to Hertha Berlin) |
| 29 | MF | SWE | Zeidane Inoussa (on loan to Real Murcia) |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Evens Joseph (to Sète 34) |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Aloys Fouda (on loan to Chambly) |
| — | FW | FIN | Timo Stavitski (free agent) |

### Dunkerque

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Iron Gomis (on loan from Amiens) |
| 26 | FW | MLI | Adama Niane (on loan from Sochaux) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Adam Abeddou (from US Vimy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Loïc Kouagba (to Red Star) |
| 7 | FW | BEN | Désiré Segbé Azankpo (on loan to Dinamo București) |
| 11 | FW | LAO | Billy Ketkeophomphone (to Sri Pahang) |

### Chamois Niortais

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BEN | Junior Olaitan (from Ayema) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Tom Lebeau (on loan to Apollon Pontus) |

### Bastia

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Zacharie Boucher (free agent) |
| 12 | MF | MLI | Yacouba Sylla (free agent) |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Frank Magri (from Angers B) |
| — | FW | COD | Harrison Manzala (free agent) |
| — | DF | FRA | Julien Boyer (on loan from Clermont) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | FRA | Stephen Quemper (to Guingamp) |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Kenny Nagera (loan return to Paris Saint-Germain) |

### Quevilly-Rouen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Alpha Sissoko (from Saint-Étienne) |
| 15 | FW | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly (on loan from Metz) |
| 24 | FW | SEN | Issa Soumaré (on loan from Beerschot) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Robin Taillan (to Sedan) |