According to the CIES Football Observatory, France largely dominates the global market for international transfers of locally trained players. Over the last ten years, French clubs have generated nearly 3.98 billion euros, or around 400 million per year, thanks to the sale of talent from their training centers. A performance which confirms France's reputation as one of the most prolific breeding grounds in world football.
Behind France, only Brazil (2.60 billion euros) and Spain (2.24 billion) manage to cross the 2 billion mark over the same period. The study also highlights the crucial role of young players: almost a third of global revenue comes from transfers of footballers aged 21 or under, proof that precocity is a major economic asset. An observation which therefore further promotes the French model, capable of exporting its know-how from the first years of a career.
