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Lack of official club Statement in yellow

Rank Player From To Transfer Fee
( millions)
Year Footnote
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Real Madrid 94 2009 deal in £ and €[1]
2 France Zinedine Zidane Juventus Real Madrid 75[2] 2001
3 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazioale Barcelona 69.5 2009 Initially 46M + Eto'o (20M) + Helb (Loan with option to bought for 10M)
4 Brazil Kaká AC Milan Real Madrid 67 2009 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar joined opposite direction within a month
5 Portugal Luís Figo Barcelona Real Madrid 65 2001
6 Argentina Hernán Crespo Parma Lazio 60 2000 Reported Matías Almeyda and Sérgio Conceição plus cash
7 Spain Fernando Torres Liverpool Chelsea 2011
8 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Parma Juventus 51.6 2001 100 billion lire; Cash plus Jonathan Bachini
9 Italy Christian Vieri Lazio Internazionale 50 1999 Diego Simeone plus cash
10 Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Lazio Juventus 48 2001
Brazil Robinho Real Madrid Manchester City 47.2 2008 deal in £ and €[3][4][5]
England Rio Ferdinand Leeds Manchester United 46.9 2002 Deal in £ [6]
Brazil Ronaldo Internazionale Real Madrid 45 2002 [7]
James Rodríguez F.C. Porto AS Monaco FC 45 2013
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko A.C. Milan Chelsea 43.875 2006 [8][9]
Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio Manchester United 44.3 2001 deal in £ and €, Jaap Stam moved to opposite direction
Spain Gaizka Mendieta Valencia CF Lazio 41.8 2001 Debt partly waived by the transfer of Stefano Fiore and Bernardo Corradi for €16.587M
France Lilian Thuram Parma Juventus 41.3 2001 80 billion lire
Brazil Thiago Silva A.C. Milan Paris Saint-Germain 41 2012
Italy Filippo Inzaghi Juventus A.C. Milan 40 2001 €25m plus Cristian Zenoni?
Spain David Villa Valencia Barcelona 40[10] 2010
Colombia Falcao Porto Atlético Madrid 40 2011
Brazil Hulk Porto Zenit Saint Petersburg 40 2012 Some source state 60
Belgium Axel Witsel Benfica Zenit Saint Petersburg 40 2012
Lucas Moura
Netherlands Marc Overmars Arsenal Barcelona 39.6 2000 deal in £ and €
Portugal Rui Costa Fiorentina A.C. Milan 38 2001
Argentina Hernán Crespo Lazio Internazionale 38 2002 26M Cash plus Bernardo Corradi [11][12]
Ghana Michael Essien Lyon Chelsea 38[13] 2005 deal in £ and €, €28m + Tiago Mendes [14]
Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United 38[15] 2008 £30.75M
Javier Pastore Paris Saint-Germain 38 2011 third-parties ownership
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Marseille Chelsea 36 2003 deal in £ and € [16][17]
France Karim Benzema Lyon Real Madrid 35[18] 2009 Can raise to 41
Argentina Gabriel Batistuta AC Fiorentina Roma 35[19] 2000 In Lire
Netherlands Arjen Robben Chelsea Real Madrid 36 2007 [20]
England David Beckham Manchester United Real Madrid 35 2003 deal in £ and € [21]
Brazil Denílson São Paulo Real Betis 32 1998 deal in US$ and €
France Nicolas Anelka Arsenal Real Madrid 32 1999 deal in £ and €
Italy Alessandro Nesta Lazio A.C. Milan 30.987 2002 [22]
Argentina Claudio López Valencia Lazio 30.6 2000 [23]
Brazil Ronaldo Barcelona Internazionale 30.5 1997
England Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City Chelsea 30.4 2005 deal in £ [24]
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven Manchester United 30 2001 deal in £ and €
Brazil Ronaldinho Paris Saint-Germain Barcelona 30 2003 [25]
Portugal Carvalho Porto Chelsea 30 2004 deal in £ and € [26]
Brazil Anderson Porto Manchester United 30 2007
Portugal Pepe Porto Real Madrid 30 2007 [27]
Portugal Fábio Coentrão Benfica Real Madrid 30 2011
Brazil Douglas Costa Shakhtar Donetsk Bayern Munich 30 2015
Chile Marcelo Salas Lazio Juventus 30 2001 Cash plus Darko Kovačević
Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid Liverpool 30 to 36 2007 deal in £ and € [28]
England Wayne Rooney Everton Manchester United 29.6 to 40 2004 deal in £, fee pending on performance of the team [29]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2009/Jun/Ronaldo-bid-accepted.aspx
  2. ^ "Reports and Financial Statements at 30 June 2002" (PDF). Juventus FC. 2002-10-28. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593026.stm
  4. ^ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=745060.html
  5. ^ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/drcsolidarity/12101553.pdf
  6. ^ "United unveil €46.9m Ferdinand". UEFA.com. 2002-07-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Madrid seal Ronaldo deal". UEFA.com. 2002-08-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "AC Milan 2006 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). ca. April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "Shevchenko seals Chelsea switch". UEFA.com. 2006-05-31.
  10. ^ http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/noticies/destacades/n100519111099.html
  11. ^ "Crespo steps in for Ronaldo". UEFA.com. 2002-08-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Lazio get more of Mendieta". UEFA.com. 2003-07-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ http://replay.web.archive.org/20051125125438/http://olweb.fr/fr/cmc/event/128/2005/33/3812.html
  14. ^ "Chelsea confirm Essien arrival". UEFA.com. 2005-08-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/manchesteruniteddeal020909.html
  16. ^ "Drogba delight with Chelsea deal". UEFA.com. {{cite web}}: Text "date2007-07-20" ignored (help)
  17. ^ http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2004/20040717_234505Dev.html
  18. ^ http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50470/Transfert-de-Karim-Benzema-au-Real-Madrid [dead link]
  19. ^ "BILANCIO D'ESERCIZIO E CONSOLIDATO DI GRUPPO AL 30 GIUGNO 2000" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). Borsa Italiana Archive. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  20. ^ "Madrid spending soars to record high". UEFA.com. 2007-08-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. ^ "Beckham moves to Madrid". UEFA.com. 2003-07-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ "Nesta flies the nest". UEFA.com. 2002-08-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "López sees the light". UEFA.com. 2003-01-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ "Chelsea capture Wright-Phillips". UEFA.com. 2005-07-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ "Barça break bank for Ronaldinho". UEFA.com. 2003-07-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  26. ^ "Chelsea get Ricardo Carvalho". UEFA.com. 2004-07-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  27. ^ "Madrid pick up Pepe from Porto". UEFA.com. 2007-07-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ "Liverpool tie up €30m Torres deal". 2007-07-04}work=UEFA.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "United welcome prodigy Rooney". UEFA.com. 2004-08-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)