Portuguese clubs were the second-most buyers in the footballer transfer market, surpassed only by England, and the fourth-most sellers, according to a FIFA report released on Friday.
According to the international transfer report, regarding the transfer window between June 1 and September 1, the Portuguese teams have signed 400 players, a figure surpassed only by the English teams (449), and far behind the Brazilian teams (340). on the list.
This purchase volume also corresponds to a significant number of departures (428), placing the Portuguese First League in fourth place among sellers, behind again England (514), but also Brazil (455), second in this ranking. , and from Spain (432).
In this accounting, Saudi Arabia is the big news, with 201 players signed, which puts it in 11th place among buyers – against 106 footballers sold, 26th in the world in this ranking -, with this Asian country standing out much more in the numbers issued than in the quantity.
With the 875.4 million dollars (approximately 818 million euros, ME), Saudi Arabia comes in second place in the most expensive championships, also behind the all-powerful England with almost two billion dollars invested (1,980 million dollars, approximately 1,850 ME).
However, the Premier League achieved a return of $956.2 million (893 ME), the second highest in the summer of 2023, surpassed only by Germany, with a turnover of $1,100 million (1,030 ME), which amounts to more than 15% of the amounts. received via bank transfers during this period.
In this chapter, the US$15.7 million (US$14.7 million) received by Arab clubs testifies to the purchasing propensity of this candidate for the emerging League, with only the 34th total income in the world.
After being the fifth highest earner with $350 million (327 ME at the current exchange rate) in the summer of 2022, according to the same report, Portugal dropped to seventh place, with $312.3 million raised (292 ME).
In addition to England and Germany, the I League was behind France, third ($887.8 million), Italy, fourth ($886 million) – seventh in 2022 -, Spain, fifth ($558.8 million) and the Netherlands (411, $3 million), sixth.
In terms of investments, Portugal remains the eighth largest spender, with US$216.4 million (202.2 million).
This annual FIFA report confirms an increase of 2.2% in the number of transfers and 47.2% in the values involved in these transactions in the men’s transfer market, and 19.1% and 140.8% in the women’s transfer market.
In men’s football, the body that governs world football registered 10,125 transfers, a new record – which will surpass the 9,906 in 2022 – for a total of 7.36 million dollars (about 6.88 thousand ME), 45% more than the 5.8 million dollars from the previous maximum, which dated from 2019.
Commissions paid to agents also broke the previous record, totaling US$696.6 million (650.8 ME), surpassing US$536.2 million in 2019. In 2022, entrepreneurs earned $494.5 million.
The majority of transferred players were without a contract (56.6%), a value well above the players who were permanently transferred (19.3%), loaned out (12.7%) or returned after transfer (11.5%). %).
For women, there were 829 transfers, 19.1% more than last year, with the amounts charged doubling, for a total of three million dollars (2.8 ME).
Source: DN
