Fifa recorded international player transfers worth 4 billion dollars in 2014, according to Fifa general manager Mark Goddard.
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Zurich – Fifa recorded international player transfers worth 4 billion dollars in 2014, a high official of the governing body of world football said Tuesday.
“It's a considerable figure,” Fifa general manager Mark Goddard said in Zurich.
Goddard, who heads Fifa 's so-called Transfer Market System (TMS), said there are an additional 236 million dollars that go to agents and other intermediaries as commission.
Spain was the country that got the most money in transfers, 667million dollars, while England spent the most, 1.2 billion dollars, based on Fifa figures.
Brazil was once again the country that generated the most transfers, a total of 1 493.
TMS, which has been active since 2010, is in charge of regulating the global transfer market in order to ensure greater transparency, prevent money laundering and protect underage players, among others.
It was TMS rules on underage players that Barcelona violated, resulting in a one-year signing ban recently confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“That case is particularly important for us,” Goddars admitted. “This shows that the rules are the same for everyone.”
The ban on Barcelona is set to expire in January 2016. It is a punishment for the irregular signings of 10 underage foreign players, who were not registered with the TMS as required.
“These players were not in the system, that's all,” Goddard said.
The broader issue, he said, is where these young footballers actually came from. Goddard also noted that he did not know whether those players are still in Barcelona.
“What is certain is that they have been banned from playing,” he said.
Goddard said he did not know whether Barcelona were trying to clarify the players' status, and noted that, if they did try, the outcome would be decided case by case.
Goddard would not say how Fifa found out about Barcelona's rule violations.
“That would make our research work harder,” he said.
He mentioned reporters and other clubs as usual sources of information for the TMS, and said there are other ongoing investigations involving both underage players and other aspects of the TMS.
The TMS does not record signings between clubs that are in the same country, although it has developed a similar platform for the use of national federations.
The Netherlands is already using that system, and Goddard noted that seven further European countries are interested in using it too, although he did not give further details. – Sapa-dpa
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