Kinshasa, July 2nd, 2025 (CPA).– Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) international footballer Noah Sadiki, who plays for Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium, signed a five-year contract with English Premier League club Sunderland AFC on Wednesday, according to international media reports. ‘Union Saint-Gilloise and Sunderland reached an agreement on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025, as announced by journalist Fabrizio Romano and confirmed by the team, for a transfer fee of €20 million, including bonuses (€17 million + €3 million in bonuses),’ the report said. According to the source, after passing his medical, the Congolese midfielder will sign with the club, which has been promoted to the English Premier League, until 2030. Trained at Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht in Belgium, the young Congolese international has just taken a major step forward in his career after signing with Sunderland, newly promoted to the English Premier League for next season. With this transfer, Noah Sadiki will join his compatriot and senior teammate on the DRC national team, Yoanne Wissa, in the English competition.
It should be noted that after captaining the Under-20 Leopards, Noah Sadiki made his debut with the senior national team on 6 September 2024 at the Martyrs Stadium in the first match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea’s Syli National. As a reminder, Noah Sadiki began his professional career in the youth teams of RSC Anderlecht in Belgium on May 22nd, 2022, at the age of six, as a starter in this first division team, moving on to Union Saint-Gilloise in 2023 before joining the DRC senior national football team in 2024.