Football · The Agent DeskPublished · 2026-08-13
The Agent Desk
€742m across 278 moves: inside the book ROOF has built
101 clients, 153 buying clubs, and a biggest single deal of €75.0m. What the record shows an intermediary actually moved.
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The transfer record names ROOF as the intermediary on 278 moves across the last four seasons. 69 of those carried a disclosed fee, and those fees total €742m.
Fees moved
€742m
Disclosed fees only — undisclosed deals are not estimated.
Recorded moves
278
Across 101 different clients.
Biggest single deal
€75.0m
| Player | From | To | Fee | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kai Havertz | Leverkusen | Chelsea | €100.0m | 2020/21 |
| Virgil van Dijk | Southampton | Liverpool | €84.7m | 2017/18 |
| Kai Havertz | Chelsea | Arsenal | €75.0m | 2023/24 |
| Mohammed Kudus | West Ham | Tottenham | €63.8m | 2025/26 |
| Naby Keïta | RB Leipzig | Liverpool | €60.0m | 2018/19 |
| Mohammed Kudus | Ajax | West Ham | €43.0m | 2023/24 |
| Sadio Mané | Southampton | Liverpool | €41.2m | 2016/17 |
| Tammy Abraham | Chelsea | Roma | €41.0m | 2021/22 |
An intermediary's commission is not in this record, so none is quoted here. What is on record is the business itself: the moves, the clubs on either side, and the fees those moves carried.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial commission withheld — the evidence didn't support it