The Athletic spoke to club representatives and agents from around the world to understand the transfer priorities and evolving trends in football. Interviews took place at a summit in Rome organized by TransferRoom, bringing together sporting directors and recruitment staff from 300 clubs.
The build-up to the summer transfer window has already started, with clubs from around the world plotting their moves. Spending from the ‘Big Five’ leagues in England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France exceeded £5billion ($6.4bn) in 2023-24’s two windows, but the football transfer ecosystem stretches way beyond that.
The Athletic spoke to club representatives and agents from North and South America, Asia, Europe and Africa to build a picture of the transfer priorities and evolving trends around the world. Interviews took place in Rome at a summit organised by TransferRoom — an online transfer networking platform — which brought together sporting directors and recruitment staff from around 300 clubs. Some subjects requested anonymity as they did not want to damage their industry relationships. clubs will keep spending but are scared of PSR Premier League clubs spent £2.5bn ($
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