FIFA reveals it has tracked over 4 billion in player sales fees to previous clubs
FIFA revealed on November 20 that the FIFA Clearinghouse has tracked the transfer fees and compensations still owed to more than 5,000 clubs worldwide, totaling 125 million US dollars (4,312.5 million baht). There is still 31.7 million US dollars (1,093.65 million baht) that have been negotiated but not yet paid to the clubs. While the remaining 200 million US dollars (6,900 million baht) have not been negotiated.
The FIFA clearing house, which was set up in Paris in November 2022. Aims to bring transparency to player trading. Particularly by helping smaller clubs who are often taken advantage of for not receiving payments. When they sell players to other teams and then resell them. For example, when Moises Caicedo moved from Brighton to Chelsea for a British record £115m. His former club in Ecuador were also given a cut of millions of pounds.
Lenin Bolayas, president of FIFA’s clearinghouse. Said that one of FIFA’s rules states that former clubs that train players between the ages of 12 and 21 receive no more than 5 percent of the player’s future transfer fee. Often, former clubs are not aware of the future transfers of their former players. So FIFA’s clearinghouse is responsible for tracking this ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app money. The biggest payouts in the big markets of England and Saudi Arabia were $50.1 million and $18.7 million respectively. The biggest payouts were in the Netherlands with $8.7 million, France with $7.8 million and Argentina with $7.1 million.
FIFA is also reviewing some of its player transfer rules. After the European Court of Justice ruled last month that the transfer of former French player Lassana Diarra was in breach of European Union (EU) rules.