Overview
- Marseille’s €35 million outlay on August 1 set a new club transfer record, eclipsing the €32 million paid for Vitinha.
- Paixao arrives from Feyenoord after registering 18 goals and 19 assists in the 2024-25 Eredivisie campaign.
- Marseille fended off rival bids from AS Roma and Leeds United to land the 25-year-old winger.
- The club’s summer window also brought in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Angel Gomes as Marseille prepares for Champions League group-stage competition.
- Once recovered from his off-season muscle injury, Paixao will join Roberto De Zerbi’s 4-2-3-1 system on the left flank.