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FIFA Releases Mid-Year All-Time Top Figure Transfer Fees Window

<h4>FIFA Releases<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Federation of International Football Association&comma; FIFA&comma; has published its International Transfer Snapshot between June 1 –September 1&comma; 2023&comma; according to  FIFA source&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is an analysis of the international player transfer activity during the 2023 mid-year transfer window&comma; which reveals a number of all-time high figures in both men’s and women’s football&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An all-time top figure of USD 7&period;36 billion was spent on transfer fees in the 2023 mid-year window&comma; which represents an increase of 47&period;2&percnt; compared to the 2022 mid-year period and 26&period;8&percnt; compared to the previous mid-year record set in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emilio García Silvero&comma; FIFA Chief Legal &amp&semi; Compliance Officer&comma; commented&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;England topped the list in the 2023 mid-year period when it came to spending on transfer fees &lpar;USD 1&period;98 billion&rpar;&comma; the number of incoming transfers &lpar;449&rpar; and the number of outgoing transfers &lpar;514&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Germany&comma; however&comma; was the number one in terms of receipts from transfer fees &lpar;USD 1&period;11 billion&rpar; – this being the first time ever that clubs from a single association have received more than USD 1 billion in the mid-year transfer window alone&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Saudi Arabia was the number two in spending with a total of USD 875&period;4 million&comma; ahead of France &lpar;USD 859&period;7 million&rpar;&comma; Germany &lpar;USD 762&period;4 million&rpar;&comma; Italy &lpar;711&period;0 million&rpar; and Spain &lpar;USD 405&period;6 million&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a result&comma; clubs from the AFC region accounted for 14&period;0&percnt; of the global transfer spending&comma; marking the first time that teams from a confederation other than UEFA have surpassed 10&percnt; of the total&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">In relation to the women’s game&comma; Mr García Silvero added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The number of transfers during the mid-year registration period also increased for the sixth year in a row&comma; with 829 transfers&comma; 66 of which were with fees&period; <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These are both new records&comma; with &plus;19&period;1&percnt; and &plus;83&period;3&percnt; respectively&period;” Europe was also dominant in the women’s game&comma; with 634 incoming and 565 outgoing transfers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Germany came out on top in terms of the number of incoming transfers &lpar;55&rpar;&comma; whereas France led the way in outgoing transfers&comma; with a total of 53&period; Spending on transfer fees in the women’s game more than doubled compared to the 2022 mid-year window&comma; reaching a new mid-year record of USD 3&period;0 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Agent fees also reached a new high&comma; with USD 696&period;6 million paid during the mid-year window&comma; bringing the total for 2023 to date to USD 853&period;0 million&comma; which is 36&period;9&percnt; higher than in the whole of 2022 and more than in any other year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In January 2024&comma; FIFA will publish an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of international transfers concluded over the course of the whole year &lpar;2023&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;12996" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-12996" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-12996" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;FIFA-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"FIFA Releases Mid-Year All-Time Top Figure Transfer Fees Window" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-12996" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>FIFA<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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