FIFA recently released its 2021 Global Transfer Report, which examined the transfers of men’s and women’s players in both professional and amateur football last year. The report identified the top 5 transfer fees paid in women’s soccer, and OL Reign’s acquisition of Alana Cook from PSG was third on that list.
What does that mean exactly? We have to look a bit deeper at the numbers to answer that question.
Let’s start with the overall status of international transfers in women’s soccer in 2021. The number of transfers and transfer fees recorded has grown each year in women’s soccer as more female players and leagues turn professional.