Mohammed Salisu

Southampton paid Valladolid £10.9 million for Mohammed Salisu in August 2020 by triggering his release clause. Three years later Monaco signed the Ghana centre-back.

Kumasi to Valladolid

Mohammed Salisu Abdul Karim was born in Kumasi on 17 April 1999. He played for Kumasi Barcelona Babies and the West African Football Academy, which he left in 2015, and spent more than a year without a club before a trial at the African Talent Football Academy in Nsawam in March 2017. Real Valladolid brought him to Spain that October.

Spain, England, France

He debuted for Valladolid's reserves in January 2018 and joined the first team that July. His La Liga debut came in a 2-1 win at Real Betis in August 2019, and he scored his first goal against Eibar that October. After 34 games for the club he joined Southampton on a four-year contract, though it took months for him to reach match fitness. He moved to Monaco in August 2023.