January transfer window spending reaches record levels
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[February 09, 2023]
By Peter Hall
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Soccer clubs spent a record $1.57
billion on transfers in the January transfer window, the sport's world
governing body FIFA said on Thursday, with an all-time high number of
international deals taking place last month. |
Soccer - Chelsea signed World Cup winner
Enzo Fernandez for a Premier League record fee of $128.79 million. Here
is is seen playing against Fulham - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain -
February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Tony Obrien |
In the women's game, the total number of
international transfers also reached a new all-time high with
341 across borders, an increase of 30.2% compared to January
2022. A total of $774,300 was spent in the recent window -- a
new record.
According to FIFA's International Transfer Snapshot for January
2023, a total of 4,387 international transfers were completed in
men's football in January -- the most since the launch of the
Transfer Matching System in 2010.
The $1.57 billion spent on transfer fees was some $230 million
more than the previous January window record in 2018.
The number of transfers in men's football increased by 14.4%
compared to the same period in 2022, with the total value of
transfer fees rising by 49.4% compared to the amount spent in
January 2022.
English clubs topped the table for spending on international
transfer fees in January 2023 with a total outlay of $898.6m
which is 57.3% of total spending in January globally -- followed
at a considerable distance by France with $131.9m.
(Reporting by Peter Hall, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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