On the evening of January 14, Beijing time, FIFA released the 2021 international transfer market report on its official website. According to the report, the cumulative transfer cost of world football in 2021 was $4.86 billion, down for two consecutive years.
The report said that last year, the total transfer cost of world football fell for two consecutive years.
The report shows that in 2021, there were 18,068 international transfers in the global professional men's football team, an increase of 5.1% compared with 2020, which was basically the same as in 2019 before the epidemic (18,080). However, the total transfer fee of the global professional men's football team in 2021 of $4.86 billion is 13.6% lower than that of 2020, and 33.8% less than the highest value in 2019, showing that world football is still not out of the recession caused by the new crown epidemic.
In terms of clubs, Manchester United club in the Premier League is the most willing to spend money on "buying people" in UEFA, followed by Chelsea in the Premier League, Red Bull Leipzig in the Bundesliga, Roma in Serie A and Arsenal in the Premier League. It is worth mentioning that among the top 10 clubs with the most UEFA transfer costs, there are 5 Premier League clubs, and the Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain club, which has always given the impression of "rich and powerful", ranks seventh, which has a lot to do with the fact that the club has a lot of signing free agents.
St. St. Co.'s Chinese Super League champion Shandong Taishan Club's 2021 transfer spend ranks fifth in the AFC.
In the AFC, Saudi Riyadh Crescent Club, Saudi Jeddah United Club and Qatar Duhail Club are in the top three, and Chinese Super League stella champions Shandong Taishan Club are fifth. In addition, among the top ten are Shenzhen Football Club (no. 8) and Changchun Yatai Club (no. 10), two Chinese Super League clubs.
The report counts the 10 most expensive transfers in the world in 2021.
The FIFA report also counted the 10 most expensive transfers in 2021, with Premier League Chelsea ranking first in the deal for bringing in Belgian centre-forward Romelu Lukaku from Serie A Inter Milan. However, as with the club rankings, the report does not give the specific cost of these transfers.