Last year, clubs around the world broke all previous records for buying and selling football. According to FIFA’s Global Transfer Report released on Tuesday (January 30), clubs will spend a record $9.63 billion on player transfers in 2023. Which is almost double from 2022.
Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic conditions of the clubs were adversely affected in 2020 and 2021. As a result, the cost of buying and selling players decreased in those two years. But since then the cost has only increased. Specifically in 2023.
The previous record for the cost of buying and selling players was in 2019. Clubs spend more than 200 million dollars in 2023. English clubs spent the most 296 million dollars last year.
Next in this list of expenses are the clubs of Saudi Arabia. Since Al Nasr signed a contract with Portuguese star Ronaldo last year, several star footballers from European teams have joined the Saudi Pro League.
The transfer of Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid, Enzo Fernandez from Benfica to Chelsea and Harry Kane from Tottenham to Bayern Munich was notable in boys’ football last year.
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Not only in men’s football, but also in women’s football, there were more purchases and sales in 2023 than in 2022. 20 percent more players changed teams in girls soccer last year. Where the number of clubs involved increased from 507 to 623 in 2022.
A record 131 associations were involved in the transfer of 1,888 women last year, FIFA said. Where the annual expenditure is 61 million dollars. Which is 84.2 percent more than 2022.
