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Reflecting on the January 2026 transfer window, our team’s observations and thoughts on market trends have been borne out in the headlines and statistics. This

The so-called ‘Diarra Case’ led to a lot of speculation prior to the winter registration period in 2025 as to how the market would react.

Today, Friday 2 December 2022, marks twenty years to the day since our MD, Paolo Lombardi, joined FIFA. In eight years with FIFA, Paolo took