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FIFA confirmed that English clubs spent the most money on players in the transfer window that ran from June to August.
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World football’s governing body said on Tuesday that English clubs spent the most money on players from FIFA’s member associations in the transfer window that ran from June to August.
FIFA’s International Transfer Snapshot Report said English clubs spent $1,146.6 million on players in the window, more than the next two nations – Spain ($473.8 million) and France ($428.9 million).
English clubs also top the table for incoming transfers, which dropped from 485 last year to 380, while outgoing transfers fell from 524 to 494.
The German and French clubs – $462.7 million and $457.3 million respectively – were ahead of England ($409.8 million) in transfer fee income, with Italy ($408.2 million) and Spain ($260.2 million) in the top five.
The report said the total fees in international transfers of players amounted to $3.72 billion, a 7.5% drop from last year and more than 60% of the record set in 2019.
On the women’s side, there were a total of 576 transfers, a jump of 8.7% from 2020, while the number of fee-related deals increased from 18 to 31, a jump of 72.2%.
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