Agency payments amounted to just under half a billion euros.

In 2021, the Transfer Validation System (TMS) registered 17,945 footballers' transfers.

Of these, 3,545 (19.8%) were committed with the participation of at least one intermediary. In total, football agents earned 452 million euros in a year. Clubs in England, Italy, Spain, Germany, France and Portugal accounted for 77% of all agency payments.

Despite the fact that, globally, club transfer costs have decreased significantly, this did not affect commissions in any way.. Moreover, they have grown by 0.7% over the past year..

In 2021, 1287 international transfers were made, of which at least 300 transfers were made with the participation of at least one intermediary.

As for women's football, the numbers here are less global - only 70 transitions per calendar year, 30 of which were made in England (16) and Germany (14).