Only higher last year

5.85 billion euros for new players in the summer

The equivalent of around 5.85 billion euros has been spent on player transfers in international soccer so far this summer. This was announced by the world governing body FIFA in its "International Transfer Snapshot" analysis of around 11,000 transfers in the period from June 1 to September 2. Only last year (6.72 billion), when the Saudi Arabian league began its major investments, was the transfer expenditure for professional footballers higher.

The most expensive player this transfer summer is Argentinian world champion Julian Alvarez, who moved from Manchester City to Atlético Madrid for around 75 million euros. The English Premier League once again recorded by far the highest transfer expenditure worldwide, with even smaller clubs such as AFC Bournemouth, Brighton & Hove Albion and newly promoted Ipswich Town spending more than €100 million on new players in recent weeks.

Record in women's football
According to the FIFA report, international women's soccer more than doubled its transfer spending: €6.15 million in the summer of 2024 compared to €2.73 million a year earlier. US club Bay FC set a transfer record this year when it signed attacking player Racheal Kundananji from Zambia for the equivalent of €735,000 from Madrid CFF.