Clubs around the world completed a record 24,558 international transfers in men’s football in 2025, with total spending rising to $13.08 billion, world soccer’s governing body FIFA said in its Global Transfer Report published on yesterday. The number represents an increase of more than 7 percent from 2024 and marks the highest volume of international men’s transfers ever recorded. Across all levels of the game men’s and women’s professional soccer as well as amateur football FIFA said an all-time high of 86,158 international player transfers were completed in 2025. The top five international transfers also featured Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt to Liverpool), Jhon Duran (Aston Villa to Al-Nassr), Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig to Manchester United) and Nick Woltemade (VfB Stuttgart to Newcastle United). Women’s football saw another year of significant growth, with 2,440 international transfers completed in 2025, more than a 6 percent rise from the previous year.