Russia ranked eighth in terms of spending on player transfers in 2021 :: Football :: RBC Sport
In the list of countries in terms of transfer costs, Russia lost to Estonia and the United States
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Russia ranked eighth in the list of countries in terms of spending on player transfers last year. Report published by on the official FIFA website.
In total, Russian clubs are going to purchase players for $ 131.2 million in 2021. Leading the way were countries such as Belgium (179.9 million, sixth place) and the United States ($ 159.9 million, seventh place).
Clubs from England spent the most – $ 1,386 billion. Italy, which became the second, spent more than two times less – $ 667.7 million. Closing the top three of French clubs – $ 511.8 million.
Russia ranked ninth in terms of spending on player transfers
In fourth place was Germany (451.9), in fifth – Spain (347.8). The top ten also includes Turkey (107.24; ninth place) and Portugal (100.2; 10th).
In terms of transfer revenues, England was the first ($ 548.8 million), France (543.3) and Italy (540.4) were also in the top three. Russia did not make it into the top 10 for this indicator.
Compared to the same period in 2020, the number of transfers increased by 5.1% and almost returned to the values that occurred before the pandemic in 2019.