The handball transfer market for the 2026-27 season has been moving at a good pace for weeks. Across the ASOBAL, the Liga Guerreras Iberdrola, the German Bundesliga and the French Starligue there are already dozens of official moves. At Liftados we follow them one by one in the Fichajes Handball section, with the source cited and an editorial probability for every rumour that has not yet been closed. Here is what has happened so far.
ASOBAL: Barça lock down the goal and the newly promoted sides build their squads
The move making the most noise in Spain is the one that is now irreversible in the goal of FC Barcelona: Sergey Hernández arrives from Magdeburg until 2029, and his signing explains the confirmed departure of Emil Nielsen to Veszprém. The other big change at Barcelona is an exit: Domen Makuc leaves the club to join THW Kiel.
Bidasoa Irún are also rebuilding: they lose Nacho Valles, who signs for OAR Coruña, and recover a centre back in Niko Mindegia, who returns from Toulouse. Within the league itself, Nemanja Peštic leaves Logroño to sign for Morrazo.
The most distinctive chapter of this market is that of Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto, back in the top flight after promotion. The club is building a squad almost from scratch, with three signings already closed: Alex Tello, Guille Soler and Miguel Llorens. Nava have moved with the same intensity, adding the Cuban back Maiko Vázquez and the Cape Verdean pivot Paulo Moreno, on a contract until 2029.
Separate from those is the signing with the biggest name in the whole domestic market: Jorge Maqueda returns to Spain to sign for BM Caserío Ciudad Real after two seasons at Poland's Kielce. The 38-year-old right back was presented on 11 June at the town hall of the La Mancha city, just over an hour from Quero, his home town. The rest of the league's moves, matchday by matchday, are in the full ASOBAL file.
Liga Guerreras Iberdrola: the women's market is moving too
In Spanish women's handball the market has already been running for several weeks. Sporting La Rioja have been among the most active clubs, signing Aileen Ripa from Beti Onak. Bera Bera, for their part, have strengthened their squad with two significant signings: Kelly Fonkeng and Marie Louis, signed until 2028, while Nicole Wiggins leaves the San Sebastián club for the women's Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund.
Among the most recent arrivals, two bets on young players stand out: Maria Monllor, who signs for Zonzamas from Anaitasuna, and Iasmim dos Santos Albuquerque, who joins Elda Prestigio. All the competition's moves are grouped in the Liga Guerreras Iberdrola file.
The European circuit: Spaniards in Germany and France, and the Nordic market in the Starligue
Outside Spain the summer is also bringing important moves. In the Bundesliga, the Dujshebaev brothers are changing scenery separately: Alex signs for Gummersbach and Dani heads to Melsungen, a club that also brings in the captain of the German national team in Johannes Golla, from Flensburg. That gap at Flensburg is filled by two signings: Aymeric Minne, from HBC Nantes, and Emil Bergholt, who arrives from Skjern by paying his release clause a year earlier than planned. There is also a Spaniard at Magdeburg: Antonio Serradilla returns to the European champions after his spell at Stuttgart.
In the French Starligue, PSG have closed two signings with big names: the return of Rodrigo Corrales, on a contract until 2028, and the emergency signing of Bjarki Már Elísson after Mathieu Grébille's injury. HBC Nantes, meanwhile, have built a Danish bloc with Victor Norlyk and René Antonsen, Aalborg's long-time captain, and Tremblay have reinforced their goalkeeping with Wesley Pardin, from Nîmes. The rest of the signings in both leagues are in the Bundesliga and Starligue files.
How we follow the market
Every move in Fichajes Handball carries its cited source, a reliability tier and a probability calculated according to the state of the negotiation: from radar (first mention) to official (confirmed by the club, the player or the federation). Rumours that come to nothing disappear marked as collapsed or ruled out; official signings remain visible for thirty days from their confirmation. The whole market, kept up to date, is in Fichajes Handball.
