Transfer market heats up with a year to the World Cup | OneFootball

The international transfer market soared during the last window in men’s football (between June 1 and September 2), breaking records one year before the World Cup, while also confirming the growing investments in women’s football.

According to a report published by FIFA this Wednesday, clubs spent a total of US$ 9.76 billion (R$ 53.361 billion at the current exchange rate) to sign players from other countries, approximately 50% more than during the same window in 2024 and far above the previous record set in 2023 (R$ 40.622 billion).

“In men’s professional football, there were almost 12,000 international transfers—a new record—during the 2025 mid-year registration period,” FIFA revealed.

The Premier League, where Liverpool stood out by signing Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, and Alexander Isak, remains firmly at the top of the buyers’ list with US$ 3.19 billion (R$ 17.441 billion) spent.

In a study published on Tuesday, just hours after the transfer window closed, the auditing firm Deloitte raised this figure to US$ 4 billion (R$ 21.869 billion).

Behind England comes Germany (R$ 5.358 billion), ahead of Italy (R$ 5.194 billion), France (R$ 3.991 billion), and Spain (R$ 3.641 billion).

Saudi Arabia is in sixth place, after having reached second position in 2023, when it began making major investments in football.

England also leads the list of sellers (R$ 8.444 billion earned), closely followed by France (R$ 6.918 billion) and Germany (R$ 6.809 billion), whose economic models have traditionally focused on developing and valuing young players.

In women’s football, with much lower figures, the market continues its progression with an 80% increase compared to the same period in 2024, reaching US$ 12.3 million (R$ 67 million) in transfers, of which more than US$ 4 million (R$ 21.7 million) were spent by clubs from the United States.

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