One room, 300 clubs, 80 agencies, 3,500 meetings: Inside soccer's secret transfer space

More than 300 clubs from 73 leagues in 47 countries attend two-day event in Berlin .

Organisers arrange 15-minute , face-to-face meetings with the goal of getting ahead of the transfer window.

Each meeting is only 15 minutes , so be on time, says TransferRoom director of football relations Simon Ankersen .

There are nearly 3,500 formal meetings booked over the course of the two days .

More than 6,500 transfers have been facilitated by either the online platform or the face-to-face summits over the past eight years .

Viktor Gyökeres' move from Coventry City to Sporting CP in 2023 began when Hugo Viana contacted Coventry through TransferRoom before setting up in-person talks with the striker's agency.

The big Premier League clubs are here primarily to gauge interest in players they want to offload or find pathways for younger players.

Around 80% of the attendees in Berlin are attached to clubs.

The next summit is in Buenos Aires , Argentina in June before another in Madrid , Spain in August .

For agents, it's about asking the right questions to make sure they can find the right player for the right club.