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The 10 Most Expensive Transfers In Football History

The 10 Most Expensive Transfers In Football History

10) Eden Hazard (Chelsea to Real Madrid, 2019/20) – €100 million

The transfer window is still open for another six weeks, but we have already seen three mega-deals which cost more than €100 million. Here are the 10 most expensive deals in history.

Click through to the gallery above to see football's most expensive signings of all time.

Joao Felix, Antoine Griezmann and Eden Hazard have all entered the list of football's most expensive stars following their moves ahead of 2019/20.

The former, who is said to be Portugal's best talent since Cristiano Ronaldo, joined Atletico Madrid for €126 million (R1.96 billion) from Benfica.

At Los Rojiblancos, he replaced Griezmann, who moved to FC Barcelona for €120 million (R1.87 billion), while Eden Hazard joined Real Madrid for €100 million (R1.56 billion).

While Felix and Griezmann's deals came about after their new clubs activated their respective release clauses, Hazard's transfer could still rise to €150 million based on performance based add-ons. He currently sits in tenth position among football's most expensive players, but he could move into third, if all add-ons were met.

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Neymar reigns supreme at the top after Paris Saint-Germain paid a world-record fee of €222 million (R3.45 billion) for him to FC Barcelona in 2017.

He is followed by his teammate Kylian Mbappe, with PSG said to have sent €180 million (R2.80 billion) to AS Monaco for his services.

Currently, Philippe Coutinho's €145 million (R2.25 billion) transfer from Liverpool to FC Barcelona sees him in third place, even though it is believed to include add-ons as well.

Felix follows in fourth, ahead of Ousmane Dembele's €125 million (R1.94 billion) from Borussia Dortmund to the Catalan giants, which again has a package of performance-based add-ons on top.

Read: 10 Players Who Went AWOL To Force Transfers

Griezmann's Barca deal is the sixth-costliest in history, while Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. To view the complete list, click through the gallery above.

Note: All fees in this article are based on Transfermarkt information.

Who do you think has been the biggest waste of money? Have your say in the comments section below.

 

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