Key points from the men's report
- Permanent club-to-club transfers only represented 11.6% of all moves in 2019.
- The most common type of transfer was that of players out of contract, which was 64.3%.
- Brazil had the most clubs involved in international transfers with 306. Germany (144) was second, Spain third (130) and England (128) fourth.
- Brazil also had the highest number of incoming transfers with 831, while England had the highest number from Uefa countries with 694.
- English clubs spent £1.5bn, which was a 22.1% decrease from 2018 but still the most of any country.
- In terms of net value, Portugal generated the most with £384m, with England the worst in that category with minus £549.9m.
Key points from the women's report:
- The total number of international transfers went from 696 in 2018 to 833 in 2019.
- The number of moves for players out of contract was 86.3%.
- The number of associations involved in international transfers went from 74 to 86.
- There were 188 clubs from 45 different European associations involved in 646 international transfers, which was more than three quarters of the worldwide activity.
- Players moving from Australia to the US was the most common transfer and switches the other way around was the second most popular.
- Spain had the most number of incoming transfers with 104, with the US (72) second and England (57) in third.
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