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More international football transfers were competed this summer than ever before, as an eye-watering \u00a34.35 billion changed hands, according to\u00a0FIFA, with agents pocketing almost 10 per cent of the total spend.<\/p>\n
A record 9,717 players were on the move worldwide in the professional men\u2019s game, with a further 417 new registrations pending, which will take the total comfortably beyond 10,000 for the first time.<\/p>\n
The number of international transfers was up on the previous record set in 2019, when 9,092 players swapped clubs and there was also a record number of signings in the female game.<\/p>\n
And with so much traffic between clubs, intermediaries cashed in, claiming 9.9 per cent of the transfer fees paid, which equates to a handy \u00a3430 million, compared to \u00a3371M, last year.<\/p>\n
It was a particularly lucrative summer for agents. The fees they claimed during this transfer window where only slightly below the full-year figure in 2021, of \u00a3435M, and will further drive the world governing body’s desire to bring in reforms to the transfer system.<\/p>\n
The figures, included in FIFA\u2019s International Transfer Snapshot Report, which covers the period June 1 to September 1, reveal how pervasive agents have become, with their share of total spending up from 6.1 per cent, a decade ago.<\/p>\n
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