FIFA Report Sharp Global Increase in Football Transfer Income

A report from FIFA has shown that international football transfer numbers have remained steady but fees paid have sharply increased throughout the world.

Completed player deals were down by 2% in the first half of 2013 but the overall financial value of deals rose by 39%.

The data, therapy revealed by FIFA’s Transfer Matching System (TMS), showed that income from 5,204 transfers totalled £612m ($928.8m).

Some of the reasons for the increase included the recovery of some economies and the fact that clubs were becoming more accurate at filing their financial information within the TMS system.

The figures relate to international transfers and not domestic transferring of players.

The big transfers that are included are Philippe Coutinho’s £8.5m ($12.85m) move from Inter Milan to Liverpool, Arsenal’s £10m ($15.12m) capture of Nacho Monreal (pictured) from Malaga and Newcastle’s signing of French international Mathieu Debuchy for £5m ($7.56m).

There is a month-long period for transfers to be registered on the TMS system which means the ginal figures could increase.

The TMS is an online system where international transfers are to be registered and has replaced the old paper documents system.

During 2012 the biggest spenders were English clubs, then Russian, Turkish, Chinese and German sides.

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