Raheem Sterling's reported £49 million move to Manchester City made him the most expensive English footballer in history, here is the rest of the top 10.
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The 20-year-old cost more than the likes of Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Andy Carrol, who was the previous most expensive Englishman.
"You don't think about things like that when you're that age but things have come really fast in the last couple of years," Sterling told Manchester City's website when asked about his transfer fee.
"I've just had to learn to take it all in my stride but I never imagined I'd be at this point at the age I am now and breaking a British transfer record fee."
Here the complete top 10 most expensive English players in history, as listed by Sky Sports:
1) Raheem Sterling – Liverpool to Man City – £49m (R946million)
2) Andy Carrol – Newcastle to Liverpool – £35m (R676 million)
3) Rio Ferdinand – Leeds to Man Utd – £30m (R580 million)
4) Luke Shaw – Southampton to Man Utd – £30m (R580 million)
5) Wayne Rooney – Everton to Man Utd – £27m (521 million)
6) James Millner – Aston Villa to Man City – £26m (R502 million)
7) Adam Lallana – Southampton to Liverpool – £25m (R483 million)
8) David Beckham – Man Utd to Real Madrid – £24.5m (R473 million)
9) Darren Bent – Sunderland to Aston Villa – £24m (R464 million)
10) Joleon Lescott – Everton to Man City – £22m (R425 million)
Read: Sterling: Why I Left Liverpool For City
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