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Winter 2027*

Deal

every row links to the original reportWinter 2027

Malick FofanaOfficial

Olympique Lyonnais (L1) → Sunderland A.F.C. (PL) · permanent
€30Mconfirmed fee
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Here we go
Official

Claim history — 3

  • Here we goCalled it firstT4
    Sunderland complete Fofana signing after dramatic saga
    Sky Sports — Football · 14d ago · original ↗
  • Here we goT4
    Sunderland complete Fofana signing after dramatic saga
    Sky Sports — Transfers · 14d ago · original ↗
  • Officialregisterunrated
    Malick Fofana: Olympique Lyon → Sunderland AFC — summer 2026/27 transfer
    Transfermarkt — Transfer window · 14d ago · said €30M · original ↗

Confidence

100%
Locked by an official club announcement 14d ago.

Status

OfficialOfficial

Sources on this deal

Sky Sports — FootballT421%
Sky Sports — TransfersT421%
Transfermarkt — Transfer windowunrated21%

Only an official club announcement moves a deal to Official. Journalists raise confidence; clubs close it. Every claim above — including any that turn out to be wrong — is kept permanently and scored when this deal resolves. That record is what the source reliability table is built from.