Augsburg sign Sierra Leone defender Juma Bah from Manchester City on loan

Sierra Leone centre-back Juma Bah has joined Augsburg from Manchester City on loan for a fee of €100,000, with the move taking him to the Bundesliga club until 30 June 2027.

Bah, 20, becomes an Augsburg player after returning to Manchester City from a loan spell at Nice. He spent the 2025-26 season with the French club before moving to Germany on 1 September 2026.

The defender is contracted to Augsburg until 30 June 2027, when the loan is scheduled to end. He will wear the number 35 shirt and adds a right-footed central defensive option to the club’s squad.

Born in Freetown, Bah began his senior career with Sierra Leone club SLIFA before joining AIK Freetong in July 2023. He later moved to Real Valladolid on loan in August 2024, with the Spanish club completing a permanent transfer for €125,000 in January 2025.

Manchester City signed Bah from Real Valladolid for €6m on 27 January 2025. He was then sent on loan to Lens almost immediately, returning to City at the end of the 2024-25 campaign before spending the following season at Nice.

Bah is listed at 1.95m and plays primarily as a centre-back. His arrival at Augsburg continues a sequence of moves away from Manchester City since his transfer to England, with the latest switch providing a second successive season in a major European league.

The loan represents Augsburg’s completed addition of a Sierra Leone international defender, although the available information does not include senior appearance details for the player. His move to Germany was registered on 1 September 2026 and runs through the end of June 2027.

Bah has therefore left Manchester City for Augsburg on a loan deal worth €100,000, with the transfer set to conclude on 30 June 2027.