Friday briefing: FIFA report: Agent fees reach record high of $888m in 2023 – Saudi Arabia second behind England

The total fees paid to agents for international transfers this year has risen to a record high of $888 million – up 42.5 per cent on last year’s figure of $623.2 million, according to FIFA’s latest Football Agents in International Transfers Report.

The 2023 total surpasses the previous record, pre-Covid, from 2019 of $654.7 million by more than one third.

The largest amount of agent fees were paid by clubs from England, with a combined total of more than $28