lion, 10.3% more than in 2017. A new record was set with 16,533 international transfers, 5.6 % more than in 2017, involving 14,186 players of 175 different nationalities. The highest transfer fee paid was the transfer of Neymar from FC Barcelona to PSG, priced at USD 263 million.

If comparing these figures with football transfers historically, the level of transfer fees being paid for players has been exploding in recent years. In 1995, in comparison, only USD 403 million were spent on 5700 international transfers. The amount spent on all international transfers in 1995 is USD 73 million lower than PSG spent on the two transfers of Neymar and Mbappé in 2018, USD 263 million and USD 213 million respectively.

This explosion in transf