Biggest transfer in football

Liverpool also pulled off something of a coup with an initial £37m deal to sign Cody Gakpo from PSV, after the Dutch winger had been heavily linked with Manchester United. Erik ten Hag has recruited his compatriot, Wout Weghorst, on loan, while Cristiano Ronaldo has landed at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia after leaving Old Trafford. List of most expensive football transfers Chelsea first broke the British transfer record in 2006 as they signed Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan for £30.6million. The Ukrainian had been prolific in Italy, winning multiple golden boots and had just top scored in the 2005/06 Champions League.

Below we have listed each and every player in Greek history that has managed to get headlines for being super expensive. The players listed go back to over the last seven years of transfers, meaning it is pretty recent and has definitely got sports fans talking in the past. Who is the most expensive football defender transfer? The Ukrainian forward was the most expensive signing of the January window before Chelsea decided to give him a new team-mate in Fernandez.

Claude Makelele may well be older than you think. The highly-regarded defensive midfielder was 30 when he joined Chelsea in 2003, yet not only did he give the club five years of excellent service, he then moved on to Paris Saint-Germain and spent three seasons as a key first team player there too. Makelele’s sole defensive-mindedness in midfield was unfamiliar in England at the time, but his importance to Chelsea saw the role nicknamed the ‘Makelele role’. Given that the Frenchman made the FIFPro World XI in 2005 and was Chelsea’s Players’ Player of the Year in 2006, it’s probably fair to say he justified his £16 million price tag at 30. 14. Cristiano Ronaldo Kylian Mbappe is the most expensive teenager ever, as he joined PSG on a loan-to-buy deal in 2017 that will be worth €180m after bonuses.

With that in mind, we look at the 50 most expensive transfers of all time and some of the big stories from those moves. Top Ten Most Expensive Premier League Transfers: Also See: 5 most valuable Asian players in the world