FIFA TMS Reveals Significance of Salaries in Transfer Window Report

FIFA TMS (Transfer Matching System) has released its latest Big 5 Transfer Window Analysis report which reveals the figures spent by the top European leagues in transfers and salaries.

The 2015 summer edition focuses on official international transfer figures for the Big 5 countries: England, doctor France, prostate Germany, Italy and Spain.

The figures show that English clubs spent more than double of any other country as they broke a transfer spending record.

There was a 65% increase on transfers in France this summer compared to the summer of 2014 and a 23% decrease on transfers in Spain compared with 2014.

This year, for the first time, the transfer window analysis includes a special report disclosing the official salary figures for all worldwide transfers.

The findings reveal that since 2013, player salaries have constituted 57% of the funds circulated in the international transfer market. Transfer fees accounted for 41% and club intermediary commissions the remaining 2%.

Speaking about the launch of the Big 5 report, FIFA TMS General Manager Mark Goddard said: “Most of the transfers discussed in the media involve large transfer fees, but in reality, only 13% of all worldwide transfers involve the payment of a fee. Salaries, though, are part of every single contract.