A new record was broken in women’s soccer according to FIFA: US$2.1 million was moved, an increase of more than 150% compared to last year.
As published by FIFA in its latest report on the global panorama of international transfers in this first month of the year, women’s football continues to go strong. Compared to January 2023, spending multiplied the registration by 2.5 and the total number of international transfers remained at 357, along with an increase of 0.3% year-on-year.
The transfers are divided into out of contract, that is, players without a team due to the end of the contract (79.3%), permanent (11.2%), transfers (7.6%) and return transfers (2%). , as reported by the FIFA. With a drop of 4.7 percentage points in those related to out of contract compared to January 2023 and with a high percentage for permanences, which increased 1.4 percentage points in women’s football.
Spanish League and Women’s Premier League lead
The clubs of the Spanish League and of the Premier League English were the leaders in hiring in women’s football, accounting for 29 purchases and sales in total each. Regarding the transfers, they were Sweden and USA the countries that topped the list of transferred players with thirty for each country, according to the FIFA in his report.
The Old Continent was the most prominent in the operations, with UEFA as the organization with the most transfers, 218 entries and 187 exits. At the end of 2023, the FIFA published the report Global Transfer Report 2023in which the rise of women’s soccer stood out with a 20% increase in the number of contracts compared to 2022. 6.1 million dollars were registered, an increase of 84.2% in value compared to the previous year, and They made 1,888 transfers of international players.
FIFA highlighted French clubs
In men’s soccer, French soccer clubs spent the most in the 2024 winter market with nearly $291.9 million in transfers, according to the report on international transfers published by the FIFA. This is double the total amount disbursed by the French clubs in January 2023 in the same transfer window (+121.1%).
It is also the first time since 2017 that the clubs of the Premier League, who spent 184 million dollars in the winter market, are surpassed by another championship in terms of investment in reinforcements. In global terms the powerful Premier League was more discreet after a rush of frenetic purchases in the last windows, led above all by the Chelsea.
On the other hand, according to the FIFAwas Brazil the country that received the most money in transfers for its players (close to 250 million dollars). A total of 4,716 operations were registered in the football player market worldwide, for a total expenditure of 1,460 million dollars, which represents a decrease of 8.2% compared to January 2023, which still represents the second amount highest in history for a northern winter market.
Source: Ambito
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