The summer transfer window of 2025 saw record spending by England’s Premier League clubs and significant levels of activity across all levels of domestic and international football.

The Centrefield team continues to lead the way in this unprecedented level of transfer activity, advising clubs, agents and players in the UK and beyond on transactions:

• worth just under £1.8 billion in transfer fees alone, including some of the highest profile transfers on deadline day;
• involving 18 Premier League clubs; and
• spanning across more than 30 different countries, including Brazil, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Saudi Arabia and Japan.

We continue to be at the forefront of all developments and trends in the transfer market (both domestically and internationally) with the levels of sophistication, complexity and negotiation over player transfers/loans, playing contracts and representation arrangements continuing to increase and evolve.

For any enquiries in respect of any transfer windows which remain still open or ahead of the January 2026 mid-season transfer window, then please contact us for more information: info@centrefield.law

Following our previous announcement and as part of the ongoing growth of the firm, applications for the next round of our graduate recruitment programme for aspiring solicitors are open until 12 September 2025. The successful applicant(s) will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most experienced and well-respected sport and media lawyers in a collaborative environment and gain exposure to a range of practice areas, including player/athlete contracts and transfers, dispute resolution, commercial, regulatory and governance, disciplinary and integrity, employment and immigration work.

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As part of the ongoing growth of the firm and following our first trainee recruit in 2024, Centrefield is delighted to announce that applications for its graduate recruitment programme for aspiring solicitors will reopen on 1 August 2025. The successful applicant(s) will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most experienced and well-respected sport and media lawyers in a collaborative environment and gain exposure to a range of practice areas, including player/athlete contracts and transfers, dispute resolution, commercial, regulatory and governance, disciplinary and integrity, employment and immigration work.

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We are delighted to have won ‘TMT Firm of the Year’ at the ‘Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards’ in Manchester last night.

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The summer 2023 football transfer window was a record breaking one for football, with FIFA reporting that over 10,000 transfers were completed in men’s football (with total transfer fees over US$7 billion) and over 800 transfers in women’s football that were collectively worth over US$3 million.   

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Following the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) becoming operative on 9 January 2023, we have launched the Centrefield FFAR Toolkit to provide bespoke, tailored and practical advice to clients in respect of the FFAR and the associated implications of the new regime.

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As Lionel Messi and team advance in the world’s biggest football tournament in Qatar, Centrefield is delighted to have advised its US based client MetaLantis on its partnership with the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) in respect of the development of the official virtual stadium of AFA.

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