The 10 most expensive football transfers of all time - Lejit Reporters
The 10 most expensive football transfers of all time - Lejit Reporters
The summer transfer window ahead of the 2023-24 season is going to be a busy one, with a number of deals expected to break into the top 100 Paris Saint-Germain shook up the football world in the summer of 2017 when they signed Neymar from Barcelona and then promptly prised Kylian Mbappe away from Monaco.
The 10 most expensive football transfers 2023
The 10 most expensive football transfers of all time - Lejit Reporters
They remain the two most expensive players of all time but there is no denying that PSG's sensational double swoop greatly inflated the transfer market. Indeed, a number of massive moves quickly followed, with Barcelona looking to try to fill the void left behind by Neymar by signing the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann for nine-figure fees.
The 10 most expensive football transfers 2023
The 10 most expensive football transfers of all time - Lejit Reporters
Also in Spain, Atletico Madrid splashed €126m on Benfica's prodigious attacking talent Joao Felix, while Real Madrid finally brought Eden Hazard to Santiago Bernabeu for €100m. The Covid-19 pandemic briefly had a massive impact on the transfer market, but some clubs, particularly in England, have seemingly now recovered, with the likes of Enzo Fernandez, Jack Grealish, Jadon Sancho, Mykhailo Mudryk, Antony, Darwin Nunez, Matthijs de Ligt, Wesley Fofana and Aurelien Tchouameni moving for huge amounts. More massive deals now look certain to follow, but you can see the current list of the world's most expensive footballers below...
| 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 | €126m |
| 4 | Enzo Fernandez | Benfica - Chelsea | 2023 | €121m |
| 5 | Philippe Coutinho | Liverpool - Barcelona | 2018 | €120m (+€40m) |
| 6 | Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid - Barcelona | 2019 | €120m |
| 7 | Jack Grealish | Aston Villa - Manchester City | 2021 | €117m |
| 8 | Romelu Lukaku | Inter - Chelsea | 2021 | €115m |
| 9 | Ousmane Dembele | Borussia Dortmund - Barcelona | 2017 | €105m (+€45m) |
| 10 | Paul Pogba | Juventus - Manchester United | 2016 | €105m |
