Turnover more than trebles 2017/18 mark with two months of campaign remaining

Friday 29th March – Trading on the world’s first football stock market, Football Index, where users buy, sell and build a portfolio of real-life players, has this season exceeded the £198million (€222m) world record transfer fee paid by Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar.

The unique financial and football hybrid has turned over more than £200m in trades since the current season’s market opened on Saturday, 10 August, 2018.

The high-water mark already represents more than a 200 per cent increase on the 2017/18 season figures of £66.29m