FIFA: $653.9m (€590m) paid to intermediaries during international transfers in 2019 (+19.3%)

"Spending on commissions paid to intermediaries has increased to $653.9m to date in 2019 (01/01 to 01/12/2019), which is already 19.3% more than during the whole of 2018. Over 80% of all intermediary commissions worldwide was paid by clubs from Italy, England, Germany, Portugal, Spain and France combined," said FIFA in the 2019 edition of its...