Dominik Schmid is on his way from Basel to RB Salzburg, and this one is done. The 28-year-old Switzerland defender is set to leave the Super League for Salzburg in a deal worth somewhere between £2.1m and £2.5m. The status is confirmed: not talks, not interest, but a finished piece of business with the fee landing in the agreed range. The news comes from Fabrizio Romano, reporting a day ago. He is a benchmark voice on transfers, carrying as high a credibility rating as you will find on this desk, so when he calls a move confirmed it can be taken at face value. There is no need for a chorus here — a single source of this standing is enough to stand the story up. The engine puts this at 100%, which is its way of saying there is nothing left to resolve. A confirmed deal with an agreed fee means the conditions that usually hold a transfer back — clubs apart on money, no agreement with the player, a medical still pending — have already been cleared. The number reflects certainty, not optimism. There is real history between these two clubs. Schmid himself moved from Basel to Salzburg for £3m in 2026, so this is well-trodden ground. Basel have also banked similar sums before, selling to Mainz for £2m in 2021, which places the £2.1m–£2.5m figure squarely in keeping with how Basel do business. With the deal confirmed, the only things left to watch are the formalities: the medical signed off, the contract lodged and the official announcements from both clubs.