The history of football's world record transfer fee

Neymar became the world’s most expensive footballer ever when he joined PSG from Barcelona for £198m in August 2017 – Yahoo Sport traces the history of the game’s landmark deals from start to finish

World record transfer fees – world’s first £100 player

World record transfer fees – world’s first £1000 player

World record transfer fees world’s first £5000 player

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World record transfer fees – world’s first £10,000 player

World record transfer fees – world’s first £50,000 player

World record transfer fees – world’s first £150,000 player

World record transfer fees world’s first £500,000 player

World record transfer fees – world’s first £1m player

World record transfer fees – world’s first £5m player

World record transfer fees world’s first £10m player

World record transfer fees

Gianluigi Lentini

Ronaldo

Alan Shearer

Ronaldo

World record transfer fees – world’s first £20m player

World record transfer fees world’s first £30m player

Hernan Crespo

Luis Figo

Zinedine Zidane

World record transfer fees – world’s first £50m player

Cristiano Ronaldo

Gareth Bale

World record transfer fees

World’s most expensive transfers ever

World’s most expensive football transfers