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Lee Wilmot

The FIFA transfer window proposals that will affect Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham

FIFA are set to make changes to the way transfers are conducted in a radical new move.

President Gianni Infantino is planning to push through "significant changes" to the player transfer business, according to the New York Times .

At the heart of the proposals are changes to the rising cost in transfer fees.

Neymar is currently the world's most expensive player, having moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, when he cost the French side a cool £198million.

Transfer fees have skyrocketed to such an extent, that just 19 years ago, in 2000, Luis Figo was the world's most expensive player when he moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37million.

Five players have moved clubs for a fee of more than £100million in the last two years, with 12 costing more than £80million in the last decade.

The report into Infantino's proposals, seen by the New York Times , is said to "seek to limit how much clubs would be allowed to spend for players".

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How FIFA plans on going about that is not known, but there are also proposals for a "new central clearinghouse that would be responsible for processing payments for all cross-border transfers, including commissions paid to agents".

Talking about the proposals last year, Infantino said: "This is a significant first step towards achieving greater transparency, the effective enforcement of rules that will deliver millions in solidarity payments to clubs, and developing a consensus on how to tackle the issue of agents, loans and other key aspects of the transfer system."

The FIFA committee is due to meet today to approve the proposals that would have implications on the Premier League.

Both Arsenal and Tottenham broke their transfer records this summer when signing Nicolas Pepe and Tanguy Ndombele for £72million and £62million respectively.

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