April 19 – ‘Global Transfer Market 2012’ report from FIFA’s new transfer company, FIFA Transfer Matching System GmbH, gives insight into global transfer trends across borders.
The report measures some of the key trends in the market based on 2011 transfer data including a detailed view of transfer streams between countries as well as statistics on player positions and salaries for the most active countries. The vision of FIFA TMS vision is to “foster and sustain a transparent global transfer market based on integrity, accountability and innovation. “
The new report is available in pdf in a summary version for free download [http://www.fifatms.com/Documents/Privat/Global%20Transfer%20Market%202012%20short%20EN.pdf ] The full report costs $400 and is available from the new FIFA TMS site. [https://e-shop.fifatms.com/]
The authors of the report highlight that:
In 2012, FIFA TMS handled 11,552 transactions with a total value of international transfer-related club-to-club compensation value of USD $2.53bn, which is -10% compared to 2011.The most active transfer stream between countries was from Portugal to Brazil, involving 145 player transfers.The most represented nationality in the international transfer market is Brazilian.The average age of players transferred internationally is 24 years & 10 months.The average fixed annual salary of players moving into Italy amounts to USD $720,000, the highest average salary of the world’s six most active countries.The total club intermediary compensation paid by English clubs on international transfers was USD $59m, the highest worldwide.
Also noteworthy is that Russian football clubs were the second biggest spenders ($256 million) in the international transfer market year trailing only to the English Premier League and well ahead of third place Turkey.
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