Top 10 Most Expensive Transfers in Football History

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This time we have made another interesting article which includes top 10 most expensive transfers ever made in football history. Everyone knows that football is game in which clubs desperately buy players neglecting the transfers fees. There are lots football who wants some stars to play for them. Sometimes they agree to play for them & sometimes, they do not. Are you looking for most expensive transfers? the your search ends here. So continue to read this & find more about the players transfer fees.

Top 10 most Expensive Football Transfers

In this transfer list, world’s most richest club which is Real Madrid is known for signing players with very high transfer fees. The top 3 players of this list is consists of Real Madrid’s transfers. Here we have not only published most expensive transfer of players, but also most expensive managers available here. So here we go.

10. Neymar [€48.6M From Santos to Barcelona]
	In the list of top 10 expensive transfers, the countdown starts from Brazilian star forward Neymar. He is at tenth position in most expensive transfer. The player changed his club from Brazilian club Santos to Spanish club Barcelona with total of 48.6 million pounds. He made this contract with Spanish club in the year of 2013. The player got attraction of professional club during his performance in confederation cup. In same year, he helped his national team to win Confederation cup defeating their rivals by 3-0 in the finals in his home. In that tournament, he was awarded with Bronze shoe.
9. Fernando Torres [€50M From Liverpool to Chelsea]
	So here is the player who is at ninth spot in this countdown. The former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres changed his club from Liverpool to Chelsea for which he is still playing & his team has also won UEFA Champions league & UEFA Europa tournament in his presence. Chelsea bought him with transfer fees of 50 million pounds. As we have discussed about confederation cup earlier, Fernando Torres was the top goal scorer in Confederation cup of Brazil 2013. He scored 4 goals against Tahiti which they won with 10-0. Torres got the trophy of Golden shoe in that national competition.
8. Radamel Falcao [€51M From Atletico Madrid to AS Monaco]
	At the 8th position, there is Colombian player who was signed by French club with a deal of 51 million pounds. This agreement was completed in 2013 from Spanish club Atletico Madrid to AS Monaco. Currently he is playing for his new club which is performing great in French league. His club AS Monaco is at second spot after Paris Saint Germain with 5 points behind after playing 21 games. In the year of 2012, Falcao got the trophy for Globe best footballer of 2012. In same year, he was man of the match of UEFA Super Cup.
7. Luis Figo [€62M From Barcelona to Real Madrid]
	Here is the first player who played for top 2 clubs of Spain who is at seventh spot. The Portuguese player has played for both teams of El Clasico & made a transfer of 37 million pounds from Barcelona to Real Madrid. He Joined Real Madrid in 2000. Luis Figo has tasted huge level of success during his club & national career. After transfer to The Vikings, the club made him team’s captain & he played a fantastic job in both club & International duty. With The Whites, he won world’s best player award which if FIFA Ballon D’or in 2002 & was Portuguese football of the year in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2000.
6. Edinson Cavani [€64M From Napoli to Paris Saint Germain]
	The French club PSG is also known for one of the richest professional football club. Edinson Cavani is the second player in top 10 most expensive transfers list by PSG. Cavani joined PSG in 2013 with a transfer fees of 55 million pounds which makes him world’s 6 expensive player. Before Paris Saint Germain Cavani played for club like Danubio, Palermo & Napoli. The Uruguayan player has made 60 international appearances in his career in which he scored 20 goals so far. he can mage huge changes in the upcoming FIFA World cup 2014 Brazil.
5. Ricardo Kaka [€65M From AC Milan to Real Madrid]
	Now it’s time to know about the player who is known for his cute smile but dynamic game. Ricardo Kaka is at fifth spot in this list with a transfer fees of 56 million pounds from AC Milan to Real Madrid. Kaka was appointed by Jose Mourinho who is current manager of English club Chelsea FC. kaka has won lots of trophies including world soccer player of the year, Samba D’or, FIFA Club world cup golden ball etc. But his biggest achievement was FIFA Ballon D’or which he won in 2007 with AC Milan. But the player again joined his former club AC Milan for which he is currently playing.
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic [€69M From Inter Milan to Barcelona]
	Barcelona made another big deal in 2009 with Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Barca signed Zlatan with a transfer fees of 46 million pounds & he does a fantastic job at his new club. This is the last highest transfer ever made by Barcelona. Ibrahimovic is known for scoring great goals & his bicycle goal against England is goal of the year 2013. Right now the player is playing for French club Paris Saint Germain wearing jersey number 10. Till now he has played for 10 top football clubs.
3. Zinedine Zidane [€75M From Juventus to Real Madrid]
	So now we got the legend of France & Real Madrid who is at third spot in most expensive transfers of football history. Marca completed this deal with him with total amount of 46 million pounds in the year 2001. At there he joined some other legends like David Beckham, Luis Figo, Raul, Ronaldo. With his presence, his France national football team won FIFA World cup 1998 & was runner of 2006. With Real Madrid he won La Liga 2002-03, Super copa de Espana in 2001, 2003, UEFA Champions league 2001-02. He also won FIFA Ballon D’or in 1998 with his former club Juventus.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo [€94M From Manchester United to Real Madrid]
	Now comes the best player of our generation who is at second position in this list. Cristiano Ronaldo made a record transfer in the year of 2009 with The Vikings. The deal completed with 80 million pounds & he became second Portuguese in this list after Luis Figo. In 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded with FIFA Ballon D’or 2013 award scoring 69 goals in 60 appearances in both club & international matches. Ronaldo is called as goal machine of his club. That was his second Ballon D’or & he won his first Ballon D’or with Manchester United in 2008.
1. Gareth Bale [€91-100M From Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid]
	Here is the most expensive player who is at number one position in top 10 most expensive transfers. The former Tottenham Hotspur player joined his new club in 2013 with a record transfer fees of 78-85.3 million pounds. He is the only player from Wales in this list. Gareth Bale is a winger player who is known for his abilities of defeating defenders & fast running. Before Marca, he played for Tottenham Hotspur & Southampton. His full name is Gareth Frank Bale who won several awards in his career.

List of Top 10 Expensive managers

Number	Manager	From	To	Transfer Fee	Year
1	Andre Villas Boas	FC Porto	Chelsea	€15M
2	Jose Mourinho	Inter Milan	Real Madrid	€8M
3	Mark Hughes	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester City	€6.2M
4	Brenden Rodgers	Swansea City	Liverpool	€6.2M
5	Manuel Pellegrini	Villareal	Real Madrid	€4M
6	Carlo Ancelotti	PSG	Real Madrid	€3.8M
7	Steve Bruce	Birmingham City	Wigan Athletic	€3.4M
7	Steve Bruce	Wigan Athletic	Sunderland	€3.4M
8	Harry Redknapp	Portsmouth	Tottenham	€2.5M
9	Roberto Martinez	Swansea City	Wigan Athletic	€2.5M
10	Tony Mowbray	West Brom	Celtic	€2.5M

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Roman studied at Mainor High School in Estonia. After he went to University of Tartu for obtaining Master of Arts degree in specialization “Design and development of virtual environments” in 2009. Few years later he has founded BRO OU Company, which maintains web projects like Footballwood.com. Roman played football for the University of Tartu in a position of a midfielder for 3 years. He truly loves this game and happy to be part of that world. MSc. Editor has many projects to maintain, but Footballwood is one of the favorites. “Our project is inspired by a passion for that magnificent game, which I played since childhood. And today we are happy to connect our life and work with football”, this is how Roman describes Footballwood. Personal contact: “roman@borissov.ee” Also, visit page “Contact US” if you want to know more about Roman’s company.

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Sumit says:

24/01/2014 at 17:40

Get your information up to the date:

you need to do some research on it, and you forgot James Rodriguez [£38.5m - Porto to AS Monaco]

plus zidane should not be in the third spot, according to the my sources, he should be in the ninth place.

here is the complete list: http://thefootballsaga.com/top-ten-most-expensive-football-transfers-before-2014/2014/01/

i hope you wont delete this comment. :)

Cheers