Friday briefing: FIFA report: Spending on international transfers reached US$6.5 billion in 2022
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27 January 2023 - 4:30 AM
The latest figures from FIFA have shown that the recovery in the international transfer market from the Covid-19 pandemic continued last year.
According to the governing body’s 2022 edition of its Global Transfer Report, an all-time record of 71,002 transfers across borders were made in 2022, with 21,764 involving professionals (men and women) plus 49,238 amateurs.
In men’s professional football in 2022 there were 20,209 international transfers, representing an increase of
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