# List of French football transfers winter 2020–21

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2020–21 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.

### Paris Saint-Germain

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Bandiougou Fadiga (on loan to Brest) |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Jesé (free agent to Las Palmas) |
| — | GK | POL | Marcin Bułka (on loan to Châteauroux, previously on loan at Cartagena) |

### Marseille

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Olivier Ntcham (on loan from Celtic) |
| 19 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik (on loan from Napoli) |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Franco Tongya (from Juventus U23) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman (on loan to Genoa) |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić (on loan to Hertha BSC) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson (to Aston Villa) |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Marley Aké (to Juventus U23) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Florian Chabrolle (to Ajaccio) |
| 36 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou (to Aris) |

### Rennes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang (on loan to Al-Ahli) |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani (loan return to Juventus) |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Georginio Rutter (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |

### Lille

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Fadiga Ouattara (on loan to Valencia) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro (on loan to Bologna) |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse (on loan to Panathinaikos) |
| — | FW | BFA | Abou Ouattara (on loan to Amiens, previously on loan at Vitória Guimarães) |

### Nice

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | William Saliba (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Clair Todibo (on loan from Barcelona, previously on loan at Benfica) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Racine Coly (on loan to Amiens) |

### Reims

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Donis (on loan to VVV-Venlo) |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Fraser Hornby (on loan to Aberdeen) |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Hugo Ekitike (on loan to Vejle) |
| 35 | MF | CMR | Moïse Sakava (on loan to Differdange) |

### Lyon

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani (from Leicester City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas (on loan to Brest) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé (on loan to Atlético Madrid) |
| — | DF | MLI | Youssouf Koné (on loan to Hatayspor, previously on loan at Elche) |

### Montpellier

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | CMR | Ambroise Oyongo (on loan to Krasnodar) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Thibaut Vargas (on loan to Châteauroux) |

### Monaco

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta (from Club Brugge) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Henry Onyekuru (on loan to Galatasaray) |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Pavlović (on loan to Cercle Brugge) |

### Strasbourg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Guilbert (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | DF | FRA | Kenny Lala (to Olympiacos) |

### Angers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Yassin Fortuné (on loan from Sion) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | SEN | Elhadji Pape Diaw (to Žalgiris) |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Kevin Bemanga (on loan to Sion) |
| — | DF | ALG | Haithem Loucif (to USM Alger) |

### Bordeaux

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Jean Michaël Seri (on loan from Fulham) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Pablo (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Josh Maja (on loan to Fulham) |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Over Mandanda (on loan to Laval) |

### Nantes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Abeid (to Al-Nasr) |

### Brest

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas (on loan from Lyon) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Bandiougou Fadiga (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Cristian Battocchio (to Tokushima Vortis) |
| 25 | FW | COM | Rafiki Saïd (on loan to Briochin) |
| 29 | FW | POR | Heriberto Tavares (on loan to Famalicão) |

### Metz

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GHA | Ernest Boahene (from Rainbow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Paul Delecroix (to Annecy) |
| 25 | FW | MLI | Adama Traoré (to Sheriff) |

### Dijon

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Aboubakar Kamara (on loan from Fulham) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Aurélien Scheidler (on loan to Nancy) |

### Saint-Étienne

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Pape Abou Cissé (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Antony Modeste (on loan from 1. FC Köln) |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Yvan Neyou (from Braga B, previously on loan) |
| 50 | GK | SEN | Boubacar Fall (from Guédiawaye) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | CIV | Jean-Philippe Krasso (on loan to Le Mans) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Ruffier (retired) |

### Nîmes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Naomichi Ueda (on loan from Cercle Brugge) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | TOG | Kévin Denkey (to Cercle Brugge) |

### Lorient

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | POR | Tiago Ilori (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Umut Bozok (on loan to Troyes) |

### Lens

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Didier Desprez (to Paris) |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Charles Boli (on loan to Paris) |
| 21 | FW | COL | Jader Valencia (loan return to Millonarios) |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Radovanović (to Kortrijk) |
| 31 | FW | BFA | Cyrille Bayala (to Ajaccio) |
| 33 | DF | SEN | Cory Sene (on loan to Annecy) |
| — | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Robail (on loan to Valenciennes, previously on loan at Guingamp) |

## Ligue 2

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

### Amiens

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | BFA | Abou Ouattara (on loan from Lille, previously on loan at Vitória Guimarães) |
| 8 | DF | SEN | Racine Coly (on loan from Nice) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Adama Diakhaby (from Huddersfield Town) |
| 18 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Adam Lewis (loan return to Liverpool) |
| 11 | FW | COL | Juan Ferney Otero (to Santos Laguna) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Sanasi Sy (to Salernitana) |
| 19 | FW | COD | Chadrac Akolo (on loan to Paderborn 07) |
| — | MF | IRN | Saman Ghoddos (to Brentford, previously on loan) |

### Toulouse

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Kouadio Koné (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Dewaest (on loan from Genk) |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Naatan Skyttä (from Ilves) |
| 40 | GK | SWE | Isak Pettersson (from Norrköping) |
| — | MF | FRA | Kléri Serber (from Sète 34) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Kalidou Sidibé (on loan to Châteauroux) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Kouadio Koné (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 18 | DF | URU | Agustín Rogel (on loan to Estudiantes) |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Adil Taoui (free agent) |
| — | MF | FRA | Kléri Serber (on loan to Sète 34) |

### Ajaccio

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | BFA | Cyrille Bayala (from Lens) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Florian Chabrolle (from Marseille) |
| — | FW | BFA | Jean Botué (from USFA) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Simon Elisor (on loan to Sète 34) |

### Troyes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Karim Azamoum (from Albacete) |
| 31 | MF | BUL | Filip Krastev (on loan from Lommel, previously on loan at Slavia Sofia) |
| 39 | FW | TUR | Umut Bozok (on loan from Lorient) |
| — | MF | SVN | Enrik Ostrc (from Olimpija Ljubljana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Mahamadou Dembélé (on loan to Pau) |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Pape Meïssa Ba (to Red Star) |
| — | MF | SVN | Enrik Ostrc (on loan to Olimpija Ljubljana) |

### Clermont

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

### Le Havre

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Ertuğrul Ersoy (on loan to Gaziantep) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alan Dzabana (to Red Star) |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Ayman Ben Mohamed (on loan to Denizlispor) |
| 19 | DF | BFA | Yacouba Coulibaly (to BB Erzurumspor) |

### Valenciennes

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava (from Tobol) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Robail (on loan from Lens, previously on loan at Guingamp) |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Issouf Macalou (from GOAL) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Matteo Fedele (to Universitatea Craiova) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Teddy Chevalier (to Kortrijk) |
| 12 | FW | CMR | Benjamin Moukandjo (to AEL) |

### Guingamp

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | POR | Pedro Rebocho (on loan to Paços de Ferreira) |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Louis Carnot (on loan to Concarneau) |
| 12 | FW | COD | Yeni Ngbakoto (to Panathinaikos) |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Robail (loan return to Lens) |

### Grenoble

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

### Chambly

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | GLP | Florian David (to Rodez) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Boubacari Doucouré (on loan to Javor Ivanjica) |
| 22 | FW | SVN | Luka Šušnjara (to Wisła Płock) |

### Auxerre

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

### Nancy

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Aurélien Scheidler (on loan from Dijon) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Caen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yannis Clementia (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Godson Kyeremeh (on loan to Annecy) |

### Sochaux

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Nathan Zohoré (on loan to Louhans-Cuiseaux) |

### Châteauroux

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Thibaut Vargas (on loan from Montpellier) |
| 13 | FW | CGO | Prince Ibara (on loan from Beerschot) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Kalidou Sidibé (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 40 | GK | POL | Marcin Bułka (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, previously on loan at Cartagena) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Rodez

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Julien Célestine (from Valmiera) |
| 12 | FW | GLP | Florian David (from Chambly) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Daouda Gueye (on loan to Sète 34) |

### Paris

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Didier Desprez (from Lens) |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Charles Boli (on loan from Lens) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | BFA | Jonathan Pitroipa (released) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Anthony Maisonnial (to Bourg-en-Bresse) |

### Chamois Niortais

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

### Pau

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mahamadou Dembélé (on loan from Troyes) |
| 12 | FW | CRC | Mayron George (on loan from Midtjylland,previously on loan at Kalmar) |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Souleymane Diarra (free agent) |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Itaitinga (on loan from Sion) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | GAM | Yankuba Jarju (to Cholet) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Kamissoko (to Nea Salamis) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Damon Bansais (to Quevilly-Rouen) |

### Dunkerque

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