Premier League Takes Over International Transfer Market

The international transfer market in 2013 was dominated once again by Premier League clubs, leading the 1billion US dollar-mark for the first time.

According to Independent, the English clubs, plus Swansea and Cardiff from Wales, spent 1.1billion dollars (£660million) on overseas transfers last year, and of that more than £50million went straight into the pockets of agent.

In November, Premier League figures disclosed a total of £100million paid to agents, including domestic transfers

Independent said after the Premier League, Italian clubs were the next biggest spenders on overseas transfers (£286million), followed by France (£253million), Spain (£192million) and then Germany (£144million).

There were a total of 12,309 international transfers in 2013, 4% more than in 2012, and 90% of these were free transfers with no fee paid.

Mark Goddard, general manager of the FIFA Transfer Matching System, would not be drawn on the case however.

He said to Independent: "Obviously the Neymar transfer was in the system and that has generated some recent interest - and we are now going to do everything we are required to do to make sure our obligations are met."

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