Global transfers during the January window broke the $2 billion (£1.6bn) mark for first time in the men's game according to FIFA data.

Ed: As usual, a disappointing lack of ambition from the senior management to push hard for promotion. They blame the transfer activity in the summer for a lack of funds, but that activity has produced no significant improvement. What happened to the proceeds of the sales of Semenyo, Scott and Conway?

Clubs worldwide spent a record $2.35 billion on international transfers in men's soccer in the January window, nearly a 58% increase from last year, world soccer's governing body FIFA said in a study published on Friday.

Transfer activity during the 2024-25 winter window set new records in numbers and total spending, according to a report published by football governing body FIFA on Friday. According to the organization,