In terms of commissions to intermediaries, England ranks first (133.3 million), followed by Germany (84.3 million), Italy (73.5 million), Spain (34.8 million), France (30.3 million ) and Portugal (29.3 million).
The body that regulates world football stated that in 2021, 17,945 transfers of professional players were registered “in the FIFA transfer correlation system.” Of this amount, a total of 3,545 (19.8%) had the intervention of at least one intermediary.
Clubs’ global spending on additions fell for the second year in a row with falls of 13.9% in 2021 and 23.4% in 2020. In any case, there was no reduction in spending on commissions to intermediaries, which remained at the same level as in 2020 and even registered a slight rise of 0.7%.
Likewise, FIFA prepared another report where it remarks that In the last decade, 3.5 billion dollars were paid in the concept of intermediary services in international transfers.
The action of the intermediaries also extended to women’s football. The FIFA report shows a total of 1,287 of which 23.3% involved the services of at least one intermediary.
The FIFA Council approved reforms to the governing body’s new Regulations on Soccer Agents, which will come into force as of next year.
Source From: Ambito
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