Top 10 most expensive transfers in football history
Romelu Lukaku (115 million)Romelo Lukaku's return to Chelsea last summer made him the biggest transfer fee in the history of the club. The 115 million that the London club paid for the player brings the total amount clubs have paid for the Belgian in his entire career to 327 million.
Phillipe Coutinho (135 million)Months after Dembele was the most expensive signing in Barcelona's history, Coutinho was the next, raising the bar to the unprecedented €120m. Also included in his contract were easily enforceable variables that put the spending at around €135m
Ousmane Dembele (135 million)
Another example of Borussia Dortmund's economic and sporting management and a model of modern transfer, as he cost Barcelona 105 million initially, but they have already paid 135 million for the bonuses that have been fulfilled
Joao Felix (127.2 million)Atletico Madrid surprised by breaking the bank to gamble on the Portuguese. To the 126 million of investment, the Madrid club had to add the 1.2 of the solidarity payment mechanism to Porto.
Jack Grealish (117.5 million)Manchester City broke the bank in the summer of 2021 with the signing of the Aston Villa captain and one of the Premier League's most talked-about players for a whopping €117.5 million.
Enzo Fernandez (121 million)Chelsea were impressed by his great performance in the World Cup and made a bid to sign him in January 2023. Although Benfica stood firm, in the end an offer of 121 million euros led to his transfer to the Blues.
Eden Hazard (115 million)In the summer of 2019, the Belgian cost Real Madrid 100 million euros plus a further 30 million euros in variable fees. As of today, in fact, the cost is already at 115 million euros. However, several Belgian media, following a scam in the country, published that the real amount that Chelsea had received was 160 million, something that th 'Merengues' denied.
Antoine Griezmann (120 million)Barcelona took advantage of the Frenchman's clause being lowered from 200 million to 120 million to sign him from Atletico Madrid, even though the red-and-whites fought to prove they were wrong
Neymar (222 million)It seems very difficult for anyone to beat this record. Not only was it the biggest investment in history
Kylian Mbappe (145 million)His case was the first and most famous case of a loan with an option to buy. Monaco sent him on loan to PSG with a huge mandatory purchase option of 145 million.
Cristiano Ronaldo (117 million)He has made history in many ways, including the cost of his transfers. In 2009, Real Madrid landed him from Manchester United for 96 million, an outlay that no club had ever made before