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Brazilians lead way in international transfer market

April 16, 2013 08:30
LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil's reputation as a source of top football talent was underlined on Tuesday by a report showing that Brazilians were the most heavily traded players on the international transfer market last year. Clubs spent a total of $2.53 billion (1.65 billion pounds) on recruiting players from other countries, down 10 percent on the previous year, according to a study by FIFA's Transfer Matching System (TMS).

Huge transfer fees no use to small football clubs: EU

February 7, 2013 13:45
Little of the cash from huge football transfer fees finds its way to smaller clubs, which are ending up with fewer opportunities to make it into the major leagues, the European Commission said Thursday. Picking up on unease at the dominance of superclubs such as Manchester United and Barcelona, a Commission study showed a growing imbalance compared to local clubs that is ultimately harmful to the sport.

Soccer-Transfer systems needs changing to close wealth gap, says EC

February 7, 2013 13:30
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Football's transfer system needs to be reformed to allow a fairer distribution of wealth in the game, the European Commission said in a report on Thursday. The report said that "very little" of the roughly three billion euros ($4.02 billion) spent by European clubs annually on transfers found its way to the smaller clubs or grass roots level, the report said. "The current system continues to mostly benefit the wealthiest clubs, superstar players and their agents," it said.

Huge transfer fees no use to small football clubs: EU

February 7, 2013 12:15
Little of the cash from huge football transfer fees finds its way to smaller clubs, which are ending up with fewer opportunities to make it into the major leagues, the European Commission said Thursday. Picking up on unease at the dominance of superclubs such as Manchester United and Barcelona, a Commission study showed a growing imbalance compared to local clubs that is ultimately harmful to the sport.
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