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Turun Inter Sells Player to Saudi Arabia for €400,000

From Helsingin Sanomat · () Finnish

Translated from Finnish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Finnish club Inter Turku sold 22-year-old winger Loic Essomba to Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood for €400,000, according to reported information.
  • Essomba played 21 league matches this season, scoring once and providing two assists.
  • The transfer follows Inter’s recent profitable sales and its Finnish Cup victory over HJK.

Inter Turku has sold winger Loic Essomba to Saudi Arabian league club Al-Kholood for €400,000, according to information obtained by Helsingin Sanomat.

The 22-year-old Cameroonian played 21 Veikkausliiga matches for Inter this season. He recorded one goal and two assists, well below his 2025 figures, when he scored seven goals and supplied 10 assists.

The deal adds to a recent run of profitable player sales for the Turku club. A few weeks ago, Inter sold center-back Ilari Kangasniemi to Leicester for a reported €2.5 million, with portions of that fee going to his former clubs SJK and Inter Milan. Last year, Inter sold Axel Kouame to Swedish powerhouse AIK for about €1 million.

Inter has also been succeeding on the field. The club won the Finnish Cup over the weekend, beating HJK 1-0 in the final. Essomba was not included in Inter’s lineup for that match.

Inter corrected the original headline after it mistakenly listed a transfer fee with one extra zero. The reported amount is €400,000.

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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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