According to FIFA, football clubs around the world have poured a record amount of more than 5 billion USD into the transfer floor in the summer of 2022, with nearly 10% of that flowing into the pockets of intermediaries.
The summer of 2022 saw a record 9,717 footballers have new landings in professional leagues around the world, in addition to 417 pending deals. For the first time in history, more than 10,000 players joined a new club in a single transfer window.
The previous record, with 9,092 players, was set in 2019.
During the 2022 summer market, intermediaries asked to receive 9.9%, or nearly 500 million USD - more than 429 million USD last year. This summer is also a particularly lucrative transfer window for agents. They pocket a fee that is only slightly less than the total for 2021, which is $503 million.
The countries of the European football federation UEFA lead the way with more than 6,500 contracts. Sales have skyrocketed because of clubs recovering from Covid-19 and the economic strength of the Premier League. In the summer market that just ended on September 1, 20 clubs in the country's number one tournament spent $ 2.21 billion for 422 players, about 34% higher than the record of $ 1.61 billion. summer 2017.
Spending by other major leagues is Serie A 747 million USD, Bundesliga 483 million USD, Ligue 1 480 million USD and La Liga 461 million USD. That means English clubs spend as much on transfers as the other four top leagues combined.
Premier League television rights revenue will grow to more than $11.5 billion over the next three seasons, driven by an increase in the value of overseas rights contracts. This helps them to be more profitable in terms of transfer costs as well as salary when negotiating contracts. FIFA statistics also show that Europe's most talented players are heading to England.
France topped the leagues worldwide in terms of international transfers, with $621 million in the summer of 2022. According to transfer site Transfermarkt, there are 19 Ligue 1 players to England this summer with a total cost of more than 230. million dollars.
Compared to the Premier League, Ligue 1 clubs have seen a drop in television income, leading to dire warnings that "this league will become a second or third division in Europe".
Behind France in terms of player sales are Germany (564 million USD) and Italy (544 million USD). Portugal also earned $ 474 million, of which Benfica sold striker Darwin Nunez to Liverpool for a total of $ 107 million. According to FIFA, Portuguese clubs have tripled their revenue from transfer fees compared to the same period in 2021, after two consecutive years of significant decline.
The transfer of professional women's tournaments in the summer of 2022 also reached a record with 684 deals, 14.4% more than the same period in 2021.
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