The history of football's world record transfer fee
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World record transfer fees – world’s first £100 player
Willie Groves
1893: West Brom to Aston Villa for £100 - 2/26
World record transfer fees – world’s first £1000 player
Alf Common
1905: Sunderland to Middlesbrough for £1,000 - 3/26
World record transfer fees world’s first £5000 player
Syd Puddefoot
1922: West Ham to Falkirk for £5,000 Yahoo News is better in the app
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World record transfer fees – world’s first £10,000 player
David Jack
1928: David Jack Bolton to Arsenal for £10,890 - 5/26
World record transfer fees – world’s first £50,000 player
Hans Jeppson
1952: Atalanta to Napoli for £52,000 - 6/26
World record transfer fees – world’s first £150,000 player
Luis Suarez
1961: Barcelona v Inter for £152,000 Yahoo News is better in the app
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World record transfer fees world’s first £500,000 player
Pietro Anastasi
1968: Varese to Juventus for £500,000 - 8/26
World record transfer fees – world’s first £1m player
Giuseppe Savoldi
1975: Bologna to Napoli for £1.2m - 9/26
World record transfer fees – world’s first £5m player
Diego Maradona
1984: Barcelona to Napoli for £5m Yahoo News is better in the app
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World record transfer fees world’s first £10m player
Jean-Pierre Papin
1992: Marseille to Milan for £10m - 11/26
World record transfer fees
Gianluca Vialli
1992: Sampdoria v Juventus for £12m - 12/26
Gianluigi Lentini
1992: Torino to Milan for £13m Yahoo News is better in the app
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Ronaldo
1996: PSV to Barcelona for £13.2m - 14/26
Alan Shearer
1996: Blackburn to Newcastle for £15m - 15/26
Ronaldo
1997: Barcelona to Inter for £19.5m Yahoo News is better in the app
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World record transfer fees – world’s first £20m player
Denilson
1998: Sao Paulo to Real Betis for £21.5m - 17/26
World record transfer fees world’s first £30m player
Christian Vieri
1999: Lazio to Inter for £32.1m - 18/26
Hernan Crespo
2000: Parma to Lazio for £35.5m
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Luis Figo
2000: Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37m - 20/26
Zinedine Zidane
2001: Juventus to Real Madrid for £46.6m - 21/26
World record transfer fees – world’s first £50m player
Kaka
2009: Milan to Real Madrid for £56m Yahoo News is better in the app
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Cristiano Ronaldo
2009: Manchester United to Real Madrid for £80m
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Gareth Bale
2013: Tottenham to Real Madrid for £86m - 24/26
World record transfer fees
Paul Pogba
2016: Juventus to Manchester United for £90m Yahoo News is better in the app
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World’s most expensive transfers ever
Kylian Mbappe
2017: Monaco to PSG for £100m - 26/26
World’s most expensive football transfers
Neymar
2017: Barcelona to PSG for £198m