No be small matter o! As dem dey yan am like this, women football transfer market don scatter record book for 2025, spend reach £20.7m ($28.6m), wetin make dem dey shout hala! This one na bigger jump of 83.6% from 2024 – no be play matter at all.
According to FIFA report wey just drop, dem run all the math, e show say 2,440 cross-border transfers don land in 2025, dat one na increase of 6.3% from last year. But make we clear am, these figures no include transfer wey happen inside same league, if dem add dat one join, e for big pass!
135 clubs no dey joke again, as dem show say dem fit pay money for incoming players, and 155 clubs don chop money from outgoing players. See as e be, the babes don dey gather serious money-wey-dey-come!
As the money dey shine for England, dem drop £7.9m ($11m) for transfer fees, plus dem still generate £1.5m ($2.1m) from sales. USA no wan carry last, dem pump in £5.8m ($7.9m) for their own side. Na serious wahala for other countries as England dey carry the bag!
One deal wey blow everybody mind na Grace Geyoro wey shift from Paris St-Germain go London City Lionesses for world record fee of £1.4m ($1.9m) in September. Chelsea sef dey follow, as dem enter two of the top five transfers, signing Naomi Girma and Alyssa Thompson.
No forget about boys side matter, as men football dey blow record sef! Na £9.5bn ($13.08bn) dem dey spend globally, which come be 52.3% increase from last year. England again dey lead, with Premier League clubs break their piggy bank for £2.7bn ($3.8bn).
Wetin dey happen for football world na serious business! Every day, dem dey find ways to spend plenty money, and we dey watch how e go take affect the league and the way dem dey play. So make we dey look sharp, na beta gists dey come!
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