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Transfer spending in women’s football increases by more than 80%

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England was responsible for the biggest outlay on transfer fees at £7.9m ($11m), with clubs bringing in a total of £1.5m ($2.1m) through sales.

The USA was the next biggest spender at £5.8m ($7.9m).

Grace Geyoro’s move from Paris St-Germain to Women’s Super League side London City Lionesses for a reported world record £1.4m ($1.9m) in September was the biggest single transaction.

Of the five top transfer fees handed over, Chelsea were involved in two of them when signing defender Naomi Girma and forward Alyssa Thompson.

In the men’s professional game, there was also a new record set with £9.5bn ($13.08bn) spent on transfer fees, a 52.3% increase from 2024.

England topped the spending table with a total of £2.7bn ($3.8bn) in transfer fees.

The top five transfer fees were paid by Premier League clubs and the two highest came from Liverpool when they signed Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike from Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt respectively.


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