Football transfer market hits record 11.3 billion euros in 2025

The global professional football transfer market reached a record high in 2025, with approximately 11.3 billion euros in transfer fees recorded across 86,158 international moves. This financial flow involves multiple stakeholders, including selling clubs, agents, and training academies through FIFA’s solidarity mechanism, which distributes 5 percent of international transfer fees to clubs that trained players between the ages of 12 and 23.

In Germany, VfB Stuttgart is managing significant squad investments and potential departures. Following a summer investment of roughly 55 million euros for players like Leo Sauer, Dzenan Pejcinovic, and Bilal El Khannouss, the club is looking to balance its finances. Reports indicate that 19-year-old Lazar Jovanovic may move to Udinese Calcio for approximately seven million euros. Additionally, while interest has been noted for players like Jamie Leweling and Bilal El Khannouss from clubs in Italy and England, Stuttgart appears to be resisting certain departures to maintain squad strength.