Emirates News Agency – FIFA: One billion and 570 million dollars in the Winter Mercato deals

ABU DHABI, 9th February, 2020 (WAM) — The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced today that clubs’ spending on transfers in the 2023 Winter Mercato set a new record of $1.570 million, an increase of $230 million from the previous record set in January 2018.

FIFA said that clubs concluded 4,387 deals in January. English clubs topped the winter Mercato by 14.4% compared to the same period in 2022, with a total of 3,834 transfer deals, and the total value of the transfer value increased by 49.9% compared to what was spent in January 2022.
English clubs ranked first in the list of teams that spent the most on international transfers during January 2023, with a total value of 898 million or 600 thousand dollars (57.3% of total spending on transfers in January 2023), far outperforming French clubs, which ranked second with a total of 131.9. Million dollars”.
Women’s football witnessed setting new records in the number of winter transfers, which amounted to 341 transfers, an increase of 30.2% from the number of transfers in January 2022, as well as in the total value of transfer fees in the same category, which amounted to 774.3 thousand dollars in the last transfer period. fifa.