Geneva, Jan. 29 -- FIFA announced on Wednesday that international transfers reached a historic high in 2025 as the world football governing body published the Global Transfer Report 2025 alongside the Global Transfer Report website.
A record-breaking 86,158 international player transfers were completed in 2025 in both men's and women's professional, as well as amateur football, FIFA announced. Clubs' spending on transfer fees also broke the record with 13.11 billion U.S. dollars, over 50 percent above those of 2024.
In men's professional football, clubs from England spent the most and also received the most on transfer fees, with 3.82 billion dollars spent on incoming transfers and 1.77 billion received for outgoing transfers.
Brazil has...