
Swedish club Djurgardens agree a fee in excess of £1.5m to sign Boreham Wood winger Abdul Abdulmalik.
Swedish club Djurgardens have agreed a National League record fee exceeding £1.5m to sign Boreham Wood winger Abdul Abdulmalik, surpassing Jamie Vardy's 2012 record.
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Abdulmalik scored 17 goals and provided 10 assists in the 2025-26 season as Boreham Wood reached the National League play-off final.
Swedish club Djurgardens have agreed a National League record fee thought to be in excess of £1.5m to sign winger Abdul Abdulmalik from Boreham Wood.
The 23-year-old's move breaks the record fee paid for a fifth-tier player in England, set in 2012 when Leicester City paid Fleetwood Town £1m for Jamie Vardy.
Abdulmalik is currently in Sweden completing a medical after the deal was agreed on Sunday morning.
The forward enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2025-26, scoring 17 goals and providing 10 assists as Boreham Wood reached the National League play-off final, where he scored and set up a goal at Wembley.
The agreement also brings to an end a long-running transfer saga, with the Hertfordshire club having rejected bids of £1m and £1.5m for the former Millwall academy player earlier this summer.
Abdulmalik said: "I'm ready for the next challenge. I'm ready to prove to myself and those around me that I'm capable of reaching the top."
He scored in his final appearance for Boreham Wood in mid-August but subsequently made himself unavailable for selection in an attempt to secure a move.
Clubs in England, including Peterborough United, had also expressed an interest.
Abdulmalik was previously an England Under-17s international but was released by Millwall in 2024 and had an unsuccessful trial at Portsmouth.
Stockholm-based Djurgardens are currently fifth in the Allsvenskan - which runs from April to November - but have two games in hand on the majority of their rivals and remain in contention to qualify for Europe.

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