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The summer transfer window has seen a record 11,000 players around the world join new clubs in men’s football, with $6.46 billion spent, the ruling body FIFA said on Tuesday.
FIFA said in its International Transfer Snapshot covering the period June 1 to Sept. 2 that spendings were only exceeded in 2023 when 10,490 players moved for $7.43 billion.
English clubs led the way in money spent on new players ($1.69 billion), received for departing players ($1.25 billion), as well as for the number of players arriving (526) and leaving (523).
Even smaller clubs such as Bournemouth, Brighton & Hove Albion and promoted Ipswich Town were able to spend more than $100 million on new players.
Italy followed with $825 million spent, ahead of France ($697 million) Spain ($599 million), Germany ($572 million) and Saudi Arabia ($431 million) which had splashed out big sums 12 months ago.
Italian clubs spent almost double the $425 million they received for player sales, while French sides generated more with $756 million than they spent.
The biggest summer transfer was the move of Argentina forward Julian Alvarez from Manchester City to Atlético Madrid for around €75 million ($83 million), plus add-ons.
The women’s game meanwhile saw spendings more than doubled from 2023 to a record $6.8 million, with 1,125 players also moving, a record up from 853 last year.
List of major signings in 2024/2025 transfer window
The following is a list of major signings during the 2024/2025 pre-season transfer window, which closed on Aug. 30 (transfer fees reported by club or media include add-ons):
ENGLAND
- Raheem Sterling: From Chelsea to Arsenal (loan)
- Jadon Sancho: From Manchester United to Chelsea (loan)
- Dominic Solanke: From Bournemouth to Tottenham Hotspur (65 million pounds)
- Pedro Neto: From Wolverhampton Wanderers to Chelsea (54 million pounds)
- Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui: From Bayern Munich to Manchester United (50 million pounds combined)
- Amadou Onana: From Everton to Aston Villa (50 million pounds)
- Manuel Ugarte: From Paris St Germain to Manchester United (50 million euros)
- Joao Felix: From Atletico Madrid to Chelsea (46 milion pounds)
- Joshua Zirkzee: From Bologna to Manchester United (42.5 million euros)
- Evanilson: From Porto to Bournemouth (40.2 million pounds)
- Archie Gray: From Leeds United to Tottenham Hotspur (40 milion pounds)
- Jean-Clair Todibo: From Nice to West Ham United (40 million euros)
- Georginio Rutter: From Leeds United to Brighton & Hove Albion (40 million pounds)
- Riccardo Calafiori: From Bologna to Arsenal (40 million euros)
- lan Maatsen: From Chelsea to Aston Villa (40 million pounds)
- Mikel Merino: From Real Sociedad to Arsenal (31 million pounds)
- Eddie Nketiah: From Arsenal to Crystal Palace (30 million pounds)
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: From Leicester to Chelsea (30 million pounds)
- Yankuba Minteh: From Newcastle to Brighton (30 million pounds)
- Joachim Andersen: From Crystal Palace to Fulham (30 million pounds)
- Fabio Carvalho: From Liverpool to Brentford (27.5 million pounds)
- David Raya: From Brentford to Arsenal (27 million pounds)
- Aaron Ramsdale: From Arsenal to Southampton (25 million pounds)
- Matt O’Riley: From Celtic to Brighton & Hove Albion (25 million pounds)
- Sepp van den Berg: From Liverpool to Brentford (25 million pounds)
- Filip Jorgensen: From Villarreal to Chelsea (20 million pounds)
- Omari Hutchinson: From Chelsea to Ipswich (20 million pounds)
- Oliver Skipp: From Tottenham Hotspur to Leicester City (20 million pounds)
- Filip Jorgensen: From Villarreal to Chelsea (20 million pounds)
- Sander Berge: From Burnley to Fulham (20 milion pounds)
- Omari Kellyman: From Aston Villa to Chelsea (19 million pounds)
- Jake O’Brien: From Olympique Lyonnais to Everton (17 million pounds)
- Dean Huijsen: From Juventus FC to AFC Bournemouth (15.2 million euros)
- Aaron Wan-Bissaka: From Manchester United to West Ham United (15 million pounds)
- Cameron Archer: From Aston Villa to Southampton FC (15 million pounds)
- Mateus Fernandes: From Sporting to Southanpton (15 million pounds)
- Federico Chiesa: From Juve to Liverpool (12 million euros)
- Ismaila Sarr: From Olympique de Marseille to Crystal Palace (12.5 million pounds)
- Caleb Wiley: From Major League Soccer to Chelsea (8.5 million pounds)
- lkay Gundogan: From Barcelona to Manchester City (undisclosed)
- Ross Barkley: From Luton to Aston Villa (undisclosed)
- Samuel lling-Junior: From Juve to Aston Villa (undisclosed)
- Enzo Barrenechea: From Juve to Aston Villa (undisclosed
- Adam Lallana: From Brighton to Southampton (undisclosed)
- Tosin Adarabioyo: Fulham to Chelsea (free transfer)
- Jorgen Strand Larsen: Celta Vigo to Wolverhampton Wanderers (undisclosed)
- liman Ndiaye: From Olympique de Marseille to Everton (undisclosed)
- Caleb Okoli: From Atalanta to Leicester City (undisclosed)
- Miodrag Pivas: From Jedinstvo Ub to Newcastle United (undisclosed)
- Yang Min-Hyeok: From Gangwon FC to Tottenham Hotspur (undisclosed)
- Kuryu Matsuki: From FC Tokyo to Southanmpton FC (undisclosed)
- Anwar EI Ghazi: From Mainz to Cardiff City (undisclosed)
- Wilson Odobert: From Burnley to Tottenham Hotspur (undisclosed)
- Dara 0’Shea: from Burnley to Ipswich Town (undisclosed)
- Alex Moreno: From Aston Villa to Nottingham Forest (fee undisclosed)
- Sam Johnstone: From Crystal Palace to Wolverhampton (undisclosed)
- Daichi Kamada: From Lazio to Crystal Palace (free transfer)
- Neto: From Bournemouth to Arsenal (loan)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mohamed Elneny: From Arsenal to A-Jazira (free transfer)
SCOTLAND
Kasper Schmeichel: From Anderlecht to Celtic (free transfer)
TURKEY
Youssef En-Nesyri: From Sevilla to Fenerbahce (20 milion euros)
AUSTRIA
Bobby Clark: From Liverpool to RB Salzburg (10 million pounds).