One of the existing records in global football transfer is the money that went to international deals during the 2025 close-season window, with clubs worldwide splashing nearly $10 billion, as a report by FIFA released on Wednesday suggests.
A half increase has been made comparing 2024 and 2025 transfer fees with the total of the latter reaching $9.76 billion for nearly 12,000 international moves. The rising demand for players from all over the world clearly showing the market’s inflating ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 has been underlined by this upswing.
Revenue in the women’s game soared to new heights with a transfer activity volume of over 1,100 moves and breaking $12 million in transfer fees. Mexican winger Lizbeth Ovalle set a new world record for the most expensive women’s signing as she joined Orlando Pride from Tigres Femenil for $1.5 million.
Once more the Premier League of England can claim its position as the leader in global expenditures as the top division has put over $3 billion in transfers during the window. The German clubs are the biggest beneficiaries of the English cash flow as they receive a total of 893 million dollars.
Florian Wirtz’s transfer from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool was the main point of discussion among the media as the transfer fee was reported to be £116 million ($156.7 million) with variable terms including could be reached.
Hugo Ekitike was brought to Liverpool from Eintracht Frankfurt as part of the move while Newcastle’s strike Nick Woltemade was lured away from VfB Stuttgart in a £69 million club-record deal. Allemania is second on the list of the overall spending ranking with $980 million. Italy is in third place with $950 million.
