<p>Record spending by English Premier League clubs fuelled a recovery in the international transfer market in 2022 with a total outlay of some $6.5 billion, according to a report published by <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/fifa" target="_blank">FIFA </a>on Thursday.</p>.<p>The figure represents an increase on the last two years as football recovers from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but is still below the levels of 2019 ($7.35 billion), just before the health crisis, the sport's world governing body said in its Global Transfer Report.</p>.<p>The report only takes into account international transfers, in which over 20,000 were recorded and fewer than three thousand involved a fee.</p>.<p>English clubs' spending "reached a record high of almost $2.2 billion", the report said, with six of the 10 biggest international transfers involving moves to Premier League sides.</p>.<p>Among those moves were Liverpool's signing of Darwin Nunez from Benfica -- for an initial 75 million euros ($82m) plus 25 million in potential bonuses -- and Luis Diaz from Porto as well as Manchester United's purchases of Casemiro and Antony from Real Madrid and Ajax respectively.</p>.<p>There was also <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/erling-haaland" target="_blank">Erling Haaland's </a>switch from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City and Newcastle United's signing of Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad.</p>.<p>French clubs brought in the most money, although the total amount recouped of $740.3 million was still down on 2019 figures of over $900 million.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the continuing growth of women's football was reflected by a 19 per cent increase in the number of international transfers to a total of 1,555.</p>.<p>Only a small number involved a fee but spending on international transfers rose to $3.3 million, which FIFA said was 62 per cent higher than the previous year.</p>.<p>Leading the biggest moves in the women's game was Keira Walsh's transfer from Manchester City to Barcelona, the fee for which was reported as being around 350,000 euros.</p>.<p>"All of this reflects the impressive strides being taken as more and more female players continue to turn professional," said Emilio Garcia Silvero, FIFA's chief legal and compliance officer.</p>
<p>Record spending by English Premier League clubs fuelled a recovery in the international transfer market in 2022 with a total outlay of some $6.5 billion, according to a report published by <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/fifa" target="_blank">FIFA </a>on Thursday.</p>.<p>The figure represents an increase on the last two years as football recovers from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but is still below the levels of 2019 ($7.35 billion), just before the health crisis, the sport's world governing body said in its Global Transfer Report.</p>.<p>The report only takes into account international transfers, in which over 20,000 were recorded and fewer than three thousand involved a fee.</p>.<p>English clubs' spending "reached a record high of almost $2.2 billion", the report said, with six of the 10 biggest international transfers involving moves to Premier League sides.</p>.<p>Among those moves were Liverpool's signing of Darwin Nunez from Benfica -- for an initial 75 million euros ($82m) plus 25 million in potential bonuses -- and Luis Diaz from Porto as well as Manchester United's purchases of Casemiro and Antony from Real Madrid and Ajax respectively.</p>.<p>There was also <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/erling-haaland" target="_blank">Erling Haaland's </a>switch from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City and Newcastle United's signing of Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad.</p>.<p>French clubs brought in the most money, although the total amount recouped of $740.3 million was still down on 2019 figures of over $900 million.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the continuing growth of women's football was reflected by a 19 per cent increase in the number of international transfers to a total of 1,555.</p>.<p>Only a small number involved a fee but spending on international transfers rose to $3.3 million, which FIFA said was 62 per cent higher than the previous year.</p>.<p>Leading the biggest moves in the women's game was Keira Walsh's transfer from Manchester City to Barcelona, the fee for which was reported as being around 350,000 euros.</p>.<p>"All of this reflects the impressive strides being taken as more and more female players continue to turn professional," said Emilio Garcia Silvero, FIFA's chief legal and compliance officer.</p>