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The 100 most expensive football transfers of all time
The monumental moves just keep on coming with Real Madrid signing Chelsea's Eden Hazard
Neymar completed his move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a staggering fee of 222 million in the summer of 2017 and the big deals haven't stopped since, with Kylian Mbappe joining him in Paris for 145m plus 35m in bonuses.
As a result of his move to the French capital, the Brazilian is now the most expensive player of all time, having smashed the previous record held by Manchester United's Paul Pogba, who arrived at Old Trafford in 2016 from Juventus for 105m. Mbappe, meanwhile, moves to second on the list.
Atletico Madrid's massive outlay for Benfica's Joao Felix of 126m in July of 2019 makes the Portuguese star the third highest on our list.
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Philippe Coutinho's move from Liverpool to Barcelona in January 2018 puts him now fourth, while Barca's captures of France duo Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele from Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund respectively sees them ahead of Pogba.
Eden Hazard's move to Real Madrid from Chelsea for 100m plus add-ons puts him joint-tied for ninth.
Cristiano Ronaldo occupies positions nine and 11 on the list, with his move to Juventus in the summer of 2018 eclipsing the cost of his transfer to Real Madrid from Manchester United nine years earlier.
Pos. Player Clubs Year Fee
1 Neymar Barcelona - PSG 2017 222m
2 Kylian Mbappe Monaco - PSG 2017 145m (+35m)
3 Joao Felix Benfica- Atletico Madrid 2019 126 million
4 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool - Barcelona 2018 120m (+40m)
5 Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid - Barcelona 2019 120m
6 Ousmane Dembele Borussia Dortmund - Barcelona 2017 105m (+45)
7 Paul Pogba Juventus - Manchester United 2016 105m
8 Gareth Bale Tottenham - Real Madrid 2013 100.8m
=9 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid - Juventus 2018 100m
=9 Eden Hazard Chelsea - Real Madrid 2019 100m (+40m)
11 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United - Real Madrid 2009 94m
12 Gonzalo Higuain Napoli - Juventus 2016 90m
13 Neymar Santos - Barcelona 2013 86.2m
14 Romelu Lukaku Everton - Manchester United 2017 84.8m
15 Virgil van Dijk Southampton - Liverpol 2018 84.5m
16 Luis Suarez Liverpool - Barcelona 2014 82.3m
=17 James Rodriguez Monaco - Real Madrid 2014 80m
=17 Kepa Arrizabalaga Athletic Bilbao - Chelsea 2018 80m
=17 Lucas Hernandez Atletico Madrid - Bayern Munich 2019 80m
20 Alvaro Morata Real Madrid - Chelsea 2017 78.9m
21 Zinedine Zidane Juventus - Real Madrid 2001 77.5m
22 Kevin De Bruyne Wolfsburg - Manchester City 2015 75m
23 Frenkie de Jong Ajax-Barcelona 2019 75m
24 Angel Di Maria Real Madrid - Manchester United 2014 74.6m
25 Alisson Becker Roma - Liverpool 2018 73m
=26 Luka Jovic Frankfurt - Real Madrid 2019 70m
=26 Rodri Atletico Madrid - Manchester City 2019 70m
28 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Inter - Barcelona 2009 69.5m
29 Raheem Sterling Liverpool - Manchester City 2015 69.1m
30 Riyad Mahrez Leicester City - Manchester City 2019 67.8m
31 Diego Costa Chelsea - Atletico Madrid 2018 66m
=32 Thomas Lemar Monaco - Atletico Madrid 2018 65m
=32 Kaka AC Milan - Real Madrid 2009 65m
=32 Aymeric Laporte Athletic Bilbao - Manchester City 2018 65m
35 Edinson Cavani Napoli - PSG 2013 64.5m
36 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund - Arsenal 2018 63.75m
37 David Luiz Chelsea - PSG 2014 62.5m
38 Angel Di Maria Manchester United - PSG 2015 61.6m
39 Oscar Chelsea - Shanghai SIPG 2017 60.3m
=40 Naby Keita RB Leipzig - Liverpool 2018 60m
=40 Luis Figo Barcelona - Real Madrid 2000 60m
42 Tanguy Ndombele Lyon -Tottenham 2019 60m
43 Fernando Torres Liverpool - Chelsea 2011 59m
=44 Fred Shakhtar Donetsk - Manchester United 2018 58.9m
=44 Jorginho Napoli - Chelsea 2018 58.9m
46 Hulk Zenit - Shanghai SIPG 2016 58.6m
47 Benjamin Mendy Monaco - Manchester City 2017 58.2m
48 John Stones Everton - Manchester City 2016 58m
49 Kyle Walker Tottenham - Manchester City 2017 56.7m
50 Hernan Crespo Parma - Lazio 2000 55m
51 Alexandre Lacazette Lyon - Arsenal 2017 53m (+7m)
52 Gianluigi Buffon Parma - Juventus 2001 52m
53 Eliaquim Mangala Porto - Manchester City 2014 51.7m
=54 Alex Teixeira Shakhtar Donetsk - Jiangsu Suning 2016 50m
=54 Bernardo Silva Monaco - Manchester City 2017 50m
=54 Fabinho Monaco - Liverpool 2018 50m
=54 Eder Militao Porto - Real Madrid 2019 50m
=54 Aaron Wan-Bissaka Crystal Palace - Manchester United 2019 50m
59 Anthony Martial Monaco - Manchester United 2015 49.3m
60 Gylfi Sigurdsson Swansea City - Everton 2017 49.2m
61 Christian Vieri Lazio - Inter 1999 49m
62 Gaizka Mendieta Valencia - Lazio 2001 48m
63 Ferland Mendy Lyon - Real Madrid 2019 48m
64 Mesut Ozil Real Madrid - Arsenal 2013 47m
=65 Juan Sebastian Veron Lazio - Manchester United 2001 46m
=65 Rio Ferdinand Leeds United - Manchester United 2002 46m
=65 Ronaldo Inter - Real Madrid 2002 46m
=65 Juan Mata Chelsea - Manchester United 2014 46m
=65 Douglas Costa Bayern Munich - Juventus 2017 46m
70 Christian Benteke Aston Villa - Liverpool 2015 45.8m
=71 James Rodriguez Porto - Monaco 2013 45m
=71 Joao Mario Sporting Lisbon - Inter 2016 45m
=71 Granit Xhaka Borussia Monchengladbach - Arsenal 2016 45m
=71 Tiemoue Bakayoko Monaco - Chelsea 2017 45m
=71 Richarlison Watford - Everton 2018 45m
=71 Vinicius Junior Flamengo - Real Madrid 2018 45m
=71 Rodrygo Santos - Real Madrid 2019 45m
=71 Mateo Kovacic Real Madrid - Chelsea 2019 45m
=71 Sebastien Haller Eintracht Frankfurt - West Ham 2019 45m
80 Nemanja Matic Chelsea - Manchester United 2017 44.7m
81 Youri Tielemans Monaco - Leicester City 2019 44.6m
82 Leroy Sane Schalke - Manchester City 2016 44m
83 Andriy Schevchenko AC Milan - Chelsea 2006 43.9m
=84 Robinho Real Madrid - Manchester City 2008 43m
=84 Radamel Falcao Atletico Madrid - Monaco 2013 43m
86 Alexis Sanchez Barcelona - Arsenal 2014 42.5m
=87 Rui Costa Fiorentina - AC Milan 2001 42m
=87 Javier Pastore Palermo - PSG 2011 42m
=87 Thiago Silva AC Milan - PSG 2012 42m
=87 Jackson Martinez Atletico Madrid - Guangzhou Evergrande 2016 42m
=87 Henrikh Mkhitaryan Borussia Dortmund - Manchester United 2016 42m
=87 Mohamed Salah Roma - Liverpool 2017 42m
=87 Leonardo Bonucci Juventus - AC Milan 2017 42m
=94 Lilian Thuram Parma - Juventus 2001 41.5m
=94 Corentin Tolisso Lyon - Bayern Munich 2017 41.5m
96 Andy Carroll Newcastle United - Liverpool 2011 41.3m
=97 Pavel Nedved Lazio - Juventus 2001 41.2m
=97 Shkodran Mustafi Valencia - Arsenal 2016 41.2m
=97 Sadio Mane Southampton - Liverpool 2016 41.2m
=100 Marc Overmars Arsenal - Barcelona 2000 41m
=100 Roberto Firmino Hoffenheim - Liverpool 2015 41m
=100 Malcom Bordeaux - Barcelona 2018 41m
Most expensive British player
As illustrated above, while Neymar and Pogba's recent moves saw Gareth Bale slip to third in the all-time standings, the Wales international remains the most expensive British player of all time, thanks to his 100.8m move to Real Madrid in 2013.
The costliest English player in history, incidentally, is Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling, who joined from Liverpool in 2015 for 69.1m.
Most expensive teenager
After joining PSG, Mbappe not only became the second-most expensive player of all time, he also became the most expensive teenager ever.
The Monaco wonderkid joined PSG on a loan-to-buy deal that will be worth 180m after bonuses not bad for a player who only turned 20 last December!
Most expensive defender
Virgil van Dijk became the most expensive defender of all time when Liverpool forked out a fee worth £84.5m to Southampton for the Netherlands international's services in 2018.
His move from the Saints to Anfield completely blew the previous record - David Luiz's 62.5m move to PSG from Chelsea - out of the water.
Most expensive goalkeeper
For a long time, former Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon held this mark having joined the Turin outfit from Parma for 52m, which is a colossal fee when inflation is taken into account.
Then with a matter of weeks, the record was shattered twice. First Liverpool brought in Roma's Alisson Becker for 73m, to temporarily take the mark as the world's most expensive keeper.
Not to be outdone, Chelsea matched Kepa Arrizabalaga's 80m release clause with Athletic Bilbao not even a month later, meaning the Spain international has quickly dethroned Alisson for the No.1 spot in transfer history.
Biggest transfer outside of Europe
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The most a non-European club has ever paid for a player is 60.3m, which Shanghai SIPG handed over to Chelsea for Brazil midfielder Oscar in 2016.
However, with the way the market is going, who knows which record will be shattered next?!
