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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
PlayerFromToFeeSeason
Kai HavertzLeverkusenChelsea€100.0m2020/21
Virgil van DijkSouthamptonLiverpool€84.7m2017/18
Kai HavertzChelseaArsenal€75.0m2023/24
Mohammed KudusWest HamTottenham€63.8m2025/26
Naby KeïtaRB LeipzigLiverpool€60.0m2018/19
Mohammed KudusAjaxWest Ham€43.0m2023/24
Sadio ManéSouthamptonLiverpool€41.2m2016/17
Tammy AbrahamChelseaRoma€41.0m2021/22

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
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