Thread by @DaleJohnsonESPN

FIFA officially lists the 10 most expensive transfers of the window.

1 Diallo to Man Utd
2 Rosa to Man City
3 Haller to Ajax
4 Diatta to Monaco
5 Szoboszlai to RB Leipzig
6 Smalling to Roma
7 Maehle to Atalanta
8 Man to Parma
9 Frimpong to Leverkusen
10 Milik to Marseille

Transfer window takeaways from the FIFA report:

- 2,295 transfers, down 36.2% compared to January 2020
- 395 transfers involving a fee, down 30.5%
- $0.59bn spent, down 49.1%
- Lowest sum of transfer fees to be registered in the January
window since 2014

Transfer window takeaways from the FIFA report:

- The top 20 transfers (by transfer fee) accounted for 58.6% of all spending, with an average spend of $17.2m
- Average spend of the remaining 375 transfers was $646,000

Transfer window takeaways from the FIFA report:

- Two US Philadelphia Union players make the top 20 transfers by spend (Brenden Aaronson to FC Salzburg / Mark McKenzie to Genk)
- Loan deals slightly up from 16.5% to 17.7%
- Permanent transfers represented 12.7%, up from 10.2%

Transfer window takeaways from the FIFA report:

- Number of players bought for a transfer fee who are aged 18-23 up from 50.2% to 61.9%
- Those aged between 30-35 rise to 8.2% from 2.1%

Most incoming transfers:

Spain - 145
Porugal - 143
England - 140
Turkey - 123
Mexico - 77

Most outgoing transfers:

England - 178
Brazil - 134
Spain - 80
France - 79
USA - 79

Highest transfer fees, spending:

England - $130.5m
Italy - $106.4m
Germany - $68.7m
France - $58.5m
Netherlands - $35.5m

Highest transfer fees, receiving:

Italy - $95.8m
England - $86.4m
Brazil - $46.3m
Belgium - $45.3m
France - $43m