The Corona pandemic has hit many sectors around the world, but it has greatly affected football in particular, especially with regard to the size of club spending in the transfer market.
As in previous years, English clubs remained the most spenders in the football transfer market for 2020, but the numbers have decreased significantly compared to 2019 due to the repercussions of the pandemic, according to FIFA, on Monday.
FIFA revealed in a report that the number of international transfers of male players in 2020 decreased by 5.4 percent compared to the previous year, while the total transfer fees decreased dramatically, reaching 23.4 percent due to the impact of the “Covid 19” epidemic, which suspended activities for several months before they were completed behind Closed doors.
In its Global Transfer Market Report, FIFA said that the total amount spent on transfer fees, which amounted to $ 5.63 billion, is $ 1.7 billion less than in 2019, a drop of nearly a quarter in the lowest cumulative amount since 2016.
Despite this, English clubs are still the biggest spenders compared to other league clubs, with transfer fees amounting to about $ 1.63 billion, followed by Italian clubs that spent a combined $ 731.5 million on international transfers.
The report stated that Spanish clubs have benefited the most in terms of enhancing their budget from selling players, as they received $ 785.7 million.