Loïc Mbe Soh Joins Sparta Prague from Sint-Truiden

Loïc Mbe Soh is on the move again. This time, the former Paris Saint-Germain and Nottingham Forest defender is swapping Belgium for the Czech Republic, leaving Sint-Truiden to join Sparta Prague in a deal worth around €3 million.

It caps a sharp rise in his stock over the past few months. Signed by Sint-Truiden only in January as a mid-season replacement for Rein Van Helden, who had departed for Antwerp, Mbe Soh quickly forced his way into the side and stayed there. He made 14 appearances in the second half of last season, helping the club secure European football for the first time in their history. He has already added two more games to that tally in the current campaign, enough to convince Sparta Prague to move decisively.

For the 25-year-old, it is another significant chapter in a career that has already taken in some contrasting highs and lows.

Mbe Soh came through the academy at PSG, breaking into the first team long enough to make three senior appearances before seeking regular minutes elsewhere. Nottingham Forest offered that next step in 2020, but the move never truly ignited. Across four seasons with the English club, he managed just 13 games and scored once, spending part of his time out on loan.

Those loans took him back to France with Guingamp and then to the Netherlands with Almere City, as Forest searched for a platform where he could play consistently. The real reset arrived in 2024, when he left Forest on a free transfer and joined Beerschot in the Belgian Pro League.

At Beerschot, he finally found rhythm. Mbe Soh played 52 matches for the club, enduring a difficult first full season that ended in relegation from the top flight. The response was strong: he became part of the side that immediately pushed for promotion the following year, rebuilding both the team’s momentum and his own reputation before Sint-Truiden stepped in during the January window.

Now comes Sparta Prague, a club with European ambitions and a clear plan to invest in a defender entering his prime. For Mbe Soh, who has already navigated academy hype, Premier League frustration, relegation battles and promotion chases, this move offers something different again: stability at a club expecting to compete, not just survive.

At 25, with major academies, multiple leagues and European football already on his CV, he arrives in Prague with enough experience to anchor a back line—and enough unfinished business to suggest he is not done climbing yet.