According to FIFA Global, the 2025 January transfer window Reached all-time highs, Football clubs spent USD 2.35 billion (£1.9 billion) on International transfers Football records were spent on both men’s and women’s football.
During the winter transfer window, clubs in men’s professional football recorded an impressive total of 5,863 international transfers. English clubs were the highest spenders in both men’s and women’s football.
The latest January transfer window set new records in both men’s and women’s professional football, as confirmed by FIFA’s International Transfer Snapshot. This figure represents the highest recorded total for a January transfer window, exceeding the previous record from January 2024 by nearly 20% and the amount represents a 58% increase from January 2024.
Last Year FIFA announced an International transfer Football record spends around $8.59 billion. Where total Men’s Transfer in 2024 was 22,779 and women’s professional football was 2,284.
The Premier League spent a total of £370m, significantly less than the record £815m spent in 2023.
Manchester City were the top spenders, acquiring Omar Marmoush, Vitor Reis, Abdukodir Khusanov, and Nico Gonzalez for a total of approximately £190 million.
January transfer window biggest spenders to countries
- Germany: $295.7 million
- Italy: $223.8 million
- France: $209.7 million
- Saudi Arabia: $202.1 million
Biggest spenders in the women’s game
- French: $10,66,829
- United States: $8,70, 830
- Germany: $3,69,668
January transfer window biggest receiver countries
- Germany: $226.2 million
- Emgland: $185.2 million
- Portugal: $176.4 million
- Italy: $162 million
