During the summer transfer window, which ended last Friday, Ligue 1 Uber Eats clubs were very active. Top of the list were reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, with 12 new arrivals - the most of any of the 18 clubs: Four players came from La Liga (Ousmane Dembélé, Marco Asensio, Lee Kang-In, ArnauTenas), three from the Liga Portugal (Manuel Ugarte, Gonçao Ramos and Cher Ndour) and two from the Bundesliga (Lucas Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani) while there was one each from Serie A (Milan Skriniar), Ligue 1 Uber Eats (Bradley Barcola) and Eredivisie (Simons, immediately loaned out to Leipzig).

Which clubs recruited the most at the transfer window?
Paris Saint-Germain: 12 players
Stade de Reims: 11 players
RC Lens, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Nantes, Havre AC, Olympique de Marseille, FC Metz and FC Lorient: 10 players
RC Strasbourg Alsace, Clermont Foot and Stade Brestois: 8 players
Stade Rennais, Toulouse FC and LOSC: 7 players
AS Monaco: 6 players
OGC Nice and Montpellier HSC: 5 players

HAC recruited in six foreign leagues

Stade de Reims were also present with 11 recruits, including Amir Richardson, who returned from loan at HAC during the winter. The Reims-based outfit did their shopping in five different foreign countries (Belgium, Gambia, England, Austria and the Netherlands). Just like PSG, but also OM, LOSC, FC Nantes and Toulouse FC. But the highest total was for HAC; the Normandy outfit signed players from six different foreign leagues (Russia, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus and Hungary).

Where do the recruits come from?

The players recruited during the summer transfer window came from 24 different countries. England is the country that has seen the most players arrive in Ligue 1 Uber Eats over the summer.

2023-24 recruits' former league:

England: 21 players
Ndiaye, Sarr and Aubameyang (OM), Bakayoko, B.Mendy and Faivre (FCL), Maitland-Niles, Caleta-Car and O'Brien (OL), Estupinan, Colin and Tettey (FCM), Sanson and Perraud (OGCN), Wilson-Esbrand and Khadra (SdR), Salisu and Balogun (ASM), Cavaleiro (LOSC), Gabriel (RCSA), Marquinhos (FCN)
Spain: 11 players
Dembélé, Kang-In, Asensio and Tenas (PSG), Lodi and Kondogbia (OM), Umtiti (LOSC), Gelabert and Dominguez (TFC), Comert (FCN), Akouokou (OL)
Belgium: 11 players
Nuamah and Mata (OL), Okumu and Teuma (SdR), Tamari (MHSC), A.Sylla (RCSA), I.Soumaré (HAC), Elisor (FCM), Murillo (OM), Dönnum (TFC), Maouassa (RCL)
Italy: 9 players
Singo and Zakaria (ASM), Matic (SRFC), Skriniar (PSG), Boga (OGCN), Satriano (SB), A.Touré (HAC), Correa (OM), Yeboah (MHSC)
Germany: 6 players
Kolo Muani and Hernandez (PSG), Harit (OM), Schmidt (TFC), Pierre-Gabriel (FCN), Lebeau (SB)
Switzerland: 6 players
Diouf (RCL), Pelmard (CF), Omeragic (MHSC), Tosin (FCL), Baldé (OGCN), Rieder (SRFC)
Portugal: 5 players
G.Ramos, Ugarte and Ndour (PSG), T.Santos (LOSC), F.Sacko (MHSC)
Austria: 4 players
O.Diakité and Nakamura (SdR), Köhn (ASM), Emegha (RCSA)
Denmark: 3 players
Haraldsson (LOSC), Sabbi (HAC), Nuamah (OL)
Russia: 3 players
Nicholson and Caufriez (CF), Kuziaev (HAC)
Turkey: 3 players
Mohamed and Diack (FCN), Yildirim (SRFC)
Netherlands: 2 players
Cissoko (TFC), Daramy (SdR)
1 player
United States: Casseres Jr (TFC)
Bosnia: Dizdarevic (MHSC)
Argentina: Miramon (LOSC)
Colombia: Cortés (RCL)
Brazil: Adson (FCN)
Cyprus: K.Diawara (HAC)
Hungary: Nego (HAC)
Belarus: Khusanov (RCL)
Norway: Adams (MHSC)
Sweden: Asoro (FCM)
Greece: Douglas Augusto (FCN)
Gambia: Bojang (SdR)

Ligue 1 Uber Eats returns: from PEA to RKM

Alexandre Lacazette and Corentin Tolisso (OL), Brice Samba and Angelo Fulgini (RC Lens), Adam Ounas (LOSC), Moussa Sissoko (FC Nantes) and Benjamin Lecomte (MHSC) were among the 15 or so players to return to Ligue 1 Uber Eats last season. During the 2023-24 summer transfer window, there were once again a large number of high-quality players returning from abroad.

The trend was confirmed with 19 'returns', including notable ones from Olympique de Marseille (Geoffrey Kondogbia, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ismaïla Sarr), while Ousmane Dembélé took the No.10 jersey at PSG, who also lured Randal Kolo Muani in the final hours of the transfer window.

Then Benjamin Mendy marked his return to France by becoming a Merlu, as did Tiémoué Bakayoko, both Ligue 1 Uber Eats champions with ASM in 2017, while 2018 World Cup winner Samuel Umtiti signed for LOSC.

These players are among the 65 internationals to have joined Ligue 1 Uber Eats over the summer.

Ligue 1 Uber Eats returns:

Stade Brestois 29:
Adrien Lebeau (Mannheim, GER), Martin Satriano (Inter, ITA)

Clermont Foot:
Andy Pelmard (FC Basel, SUI)

Havre AC:
Abdoulaye Touré (Genoa, ITA)

LOSC:
Samuel Umtiti (FC Barcelona, ESP), Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham, ENG)

RC Lens:
Andy Diouf (FC Basel, SUI)

FC Lorient:
Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City, ENG), Tiémoué Bakayoko (Chelsea FC, ENG)

Olympique Lyonnais:
Duje Caleta-Car (Southampton, ENG)

Olympique de Marseille:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea, ENG), Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atlético Madrid, ESP), Ismaïla Sarr (Watford, ENG)

FC Metz:
Maxime Colin (Birmingham, ENG)

FC Nantes:
Ronael Pierre-Gabriel (FSV Mainz 05, GER)

OGC Nice:
Jérémie Boga (Atalanta SC, ITA), Romain Perraud (Southampton, ENG)

Paris Saint-Germain:
Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona, ESP), Randal Kolo Muani (E.Frankfurt, ALL)

(Players playing in Ligue 1 Uber Eats in 2022-23 are not included)

31 moves between Ligue 1 Uber Eats clubs

There have also been a large number of moves between Ligue 1 clubs (31), involving high-profile players such as Ludovic Blas and Enzo Le Fée at Stade Rennais and Elye Wahi at RC Lens. Including those from clubs who were playing in Ligue 1 Uber Eats last season (e.g. Nabil Bentaleb from SCO to LOSC).

Stade Brestois 29 brought in six players who were already in Ligue 1 Uber Eats last season: Martin, Le Cardinal, Doumbia, Locko, Brahimi and Amavi. Nobody did better this summer: Lorient, Lens, Le Havre and Rennes each recruited three players from the top flight, while RC Strasbourg Alsace made a name for themselves by signing four players from Ligue 2 BKT (Bakwa, Mwanga, Deminguet and Sow), as did Clermont Foot.
The main moves among the 31 players who changed clubs in Ligue 1 Uber Eats:

Elye Wahi (MHSC/RCL), Enzo Le Fée (FCL/SRFC), Ludovic Blas (FCN/SRFC), Bradley Barcola (OL/PSG), Stijn Spierings (TFC/RCL), Jonas Martin (LOSC/SB29), Nabil Bentaleb (SCO/LOSC), Mathis Abline (SRFC/FCN), Bilal Brahimi (OGCN/SB29), Jordan Amavi (OM/SB29), Christophe Hérelle (SB29/FCM), Mama Baldé (ESTAC/OL).