Clubs around the world have spent a record of $ 2.35 billion in international transfers in men’s football in the January window, with an increase of almost 58% compared to last year, said Fifa in a study published on Friday.
According to the FIFA international transfer snapshot, the amount is also 47.1% more than the previous record established in January 2023, when there was a total expenditure of $ 1.57 billion.
With 5,863 international transfers that occurred between January 1st and February 4, this number also represents an increase of 19.1% compared to last year’s record for the largest number of players transferred to the January window.
The British clubs led the spending table on international transfer rates last month, spending $ 621.6 million in total.
Manchester City, the current Premier League champion, has spent more than $ 224 million to take Omar Marush, Nico Gonzalez, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Juma Bah.
But the most expensive player hired in January was the Colombian striker Jhon Duran, who moved from Aston Villa to Al-Nassr from Saudi Arabia for about 77 million euros ($ 79.97 million) more added.
FIFA reported that Germany (295.7 million US dollars), Italy (223.8 million US dollars), France (209.7 million US dollars) and Saudi Arabia (202.1 million dollars) completed The list of the five countries that spent most in their clubs in January.
On the other hand, the French clubs received the highest transfer rates, $ 371 million, followed by German clubs (226.2 million dollars), England ($ 185.2 million), Portugal (176.4 million dollars) and Italy (US $ 162 million).
Brazil received the largest number of international transfers (471), while Argentina had the highest number of players (255).
Female football also had a record of $ 5.8 million for transfer rates in January, which represents an increase of 180.6% compared to the previous record, when 455 international transfers were made.
British clubs also opened the way for women’s football, with an expense of $ 2.3 million for players and have made the largest number of international transfers, with 39 hires.
Source: Terra
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