Portugal was the third country that most footballers transferred and the fifth that received the most money, according to a report published today by FIFA, which highlights the “particularly strong recovery” of national teams.
English clubs had the highest number of incoming and outgoing transfers and were those that used the most, while the emblematic French guaranteed the highest transfer fees, close to 618 million euros (ME), ahead of the Germans (560 revenues) ME) and Italians (543 ME), respectively, with England coming right after with 475 ME.
The Portuguese clubs registered just over 470 ME, a “particularly strong recovery”, with one of the revenues for fees increasing by more than 225%, when compared to the records verified from the year 2021.
In terms of countries with more posted workers, England is the leader, with 515 ‘sales’, ahead of Spain (437) and Portugal (418), which closes the ‘top 3’.
With regard to the number of ‘purchases’, Portugal (350) is also in fifth position, only surpassed by England (422), Spain (383), France and Germany, both with 361.
In the ‘ranking’ of spending on downloads, Portugal is seventh, with 168 ME, behind the Netherlands (183 ME), both very far from Germany (460ME), France (470ME), Spain (480ME), Italy (550ME) and the outstanding leader England, which spent 1,809ME.