Transfer market, Fifa study: only the Premier spends more than Serie A

We are in crisis, but perhaps we do not realize it. In 2021, our teams spent $ 668 million on the transfer market. Little? Much? To give an idea, only England has spent more in the world, one billion and 386 million, exactly double: but the Premier is worth almost 5 billion euros and is unattainable for Serie A. Instead France (512 million) , Germany (452) and Spain (348) have been more circumspect in the last year. Our “balance of payments” is also negative: the league collected 540 million dollars from transfers (-128 million). Data to think about. Data from FIFA’s Global Transfer Report 2021, a summary of international transfers in 2021 that the Gazzetta can anticipate.

I without a contract

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The international system “warns” the pandemic crisis. While transfers increase – 18,068 in 2021 against 17,190 in 2020 (+ 5.1%) – global spending drops: 4.86 billion dollars, against 5.6 last year (-13.6%) and 7.4 in 2019 (-33.8%), the record year before the storm. In short, Covid is changing habits and figures. Not only. Only 11.4% of transfers are outright, while 13.1% are a loan and 8.7% are the return from a loan. In short: almost 67% of transfers involved free players. Without a contract. Which makes you spend nothing for the price tag, something for training, but a lot for the best agents (and family-agents). Here too there is something to rethink.

Inter what sales

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Other figures seem to suggest that we are experiencing a permanent optical illusion. How many times have we thought: look at all these millionaire transfers… Well, the top ones, worth more than 10 million dollars, were just 119 in the world! Those with a value of less than 500 thousand dollars were instead 1,316 (59%). In this ranking, however, we emerge as good salespeople, at least Inter does it who placed the first and third shot of the year: Lukaku (at Chelsea) and Hakimi (at PSg). In second place Sancho from Dortmund to United. Too bad that Fifa does not communicate the figures of individual transfers, but this is the podium. Followed by: Varane (4th, Real Madrid-United), Abraham (5th, Chelsea-Rome), Konaté (6th, Leipzig-Liverpool), Odegaard (7th, Real Madrid-Arsenal), Diallo (8th, Atalanta -United), Camavinga (9th, Rennes-Real Madrid) And Gil (10th, Sevilla-Tottenham).

United spending

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It is understood that United had millions to spend: it is the first European club on the list and precedes Chelsea, Leipzig, Rome (4th), Arsenal, Tottenham, Psg, City, Leverkusen and Milan (10th). Then we will see what the new financial fairplay will think. Among the top twenty there is another Italian, Juve, in 20th place.

“Dear” French

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Naturally, Brazilians are the most “transferred” in the world: 1,749 in 2021. Argentines (896), British (837), French (772) and Colombians (653) follow. Nigerians, Spaniards, Ghanaians, Serbs and Dutch also move a lot on the market. If the calculation is made on the cost, however, the French dominate, evidently much more expensive than the South Americans: 644 million dollars for bleus players, ahead of Brazilians (468 million), Spaniards (307) and Argentines (293). We are not in the Top 10 in this ranking either.

Italy imbalance

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We are – as mentioned – in second place for market expenses (668 million) and the country to which we spend the most is England: 208 million. The British themselves reciprocate by spending 258 million in our league. We are in 3rd place in the world with 540 million, but the imbalance of 128 million remains. Only the Premier has it higher, 838 million, but it is the Premier, in fact …