It was announced that defender Essiën Bassey was ready for the club Viking.

PSV and Viking FK have reached an agreement for the sale of Essiën Bassey. PSV is expected to receive a €1.5 million fee for the nineteen-year-old Dutch-Ghanaian defender. The Austrian club Sturm Graz had previously shown interest in Bassey, who had been on PSV's transfer list for much of the summer. The player will travel to Norway on Wednesday to finalize the remaining details, with a medical examination being the only step remaining for the transfer to be completed. Bassey has been capped four times by the Netherlands at the U16 level and had a contract with PSV valid until June 2027. According to Transfermarkt, his current market value is €350k.