Overview
- Abha Club confirmed on Monday that Batshuayi has signed on a free transfer, officially ending his season-and-a-half spell with Eintracht Frankfurt.
- Frankfurt brought Batshuayi in February 2025, and club records show he made 21 appearances and scored four goals overall while suffering injuries and earning only one league start late last year.
- Earlier reports from talkSPORT and Goal noted that Batshuayi had struggled for playing time at Frankfurt and was in advanced talks with unnamed Saudi clubs before Abha completed the deal.
- Batshuayi’s move will be the 11th club of his career and follows a long journeyman path that includes Standard Liège, Marseille, Chelsea (where he scored the decisive goal to clinch the 2016/17 title), loan spells at Borussia Dortmund and others, plus permanent spells in Turkey with Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.
- The transfer reflects a wider pattern of veteran players moving to the Saudi Pro League for late-career opportunities and will free Frankfurt squad space while giving Abha an experienced striker; Batshuayi’s last Belgium cap came in March 2024, making an international return unlikely in the short term.