Done deal · 2026

Arthur Chaves joins Botafogo on loan (option to buy, €6m)

TSG Hoffenheim → Botafogo · Loan + option to buy (€6m), loan fee €1.5m · Value €5m · Confirmed

Confirmed 4 Sept 2026

Arthur Chaves, a defender, has joined Botafogo on loan from TSG Hoffenheim for a loan fee of €2m, with an option to buy at €6m, confirmed 4 Sept 2026. The deal is now settled in Transfer Tracker's Done Deals record.

Who broke it: Florian Plettenberg, 1 Sept 2026, 2 days before completion.

How the deal happened

• Interest · not reported
• Talks · 1 Sept 2026 · Vene Casagrande
• Agreed · 1 Sept 2026 · Felipe Silva
• Here we go · 1 Sept 2026 · Florian Plettenberg, Vene Casagrande
• Signed · 4 Sept 2026 · confirmed

More business at Botafogo and TSG Hoffenheim

• Santiago Rodríguez: Botafogo → Columbus Crew · €6m · 2 Sept 2026
• Alessandro Vogt: TSG Hoffenheim → Heidenheim · Loan fee €250k · 31 Aug 2026
• Matheus Martins: Botafogo → Dínamo Moscou · €6m · 30 Aug 2026
• Dennis Geiger: TSG Hoffenheim → NEC Nijmegen · Free · 28 Aug 2026
• Tiquinho Soares: Santos → Botafogo · Free · 26 Aug 2026
• Patrick de Paula: Botafogo → Sport Recife · Free · 24 Aug 2026
• Nahuel Ferraresi: São Paulo → Botafogo · 19 Aug 2026
• Deniz Zeitler: TSG Hoffenheim → Paderborn · Loan fee €750k · 9 Aug 2026

• Arthur Chaves profile, value & stats
• Botafogo transfers & squad
• TSG Hoffenheim transfers & squad
• Done Deals · every completed transfer & spend tracker

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