Many football fans often question how much Zinedine Zidane or Kaka would have cost today, well you don't need to wonder any more - as we have found the top 10 inflation-adjusted transfers in history.
View: Gallery: Most Expensive Transfer XI - Worth £565m
Football has evolved over the last few years with transfer fees rising sky-high. Hence it is often difficult to compare transfer fees of the early 2000s with the last couple of years.
Bleacherreport compiled a list of the top 100 most expensive transfer in history, with inflation in mind, and these are the top 10:
1) Cristiano Ronaldo, Man Utd to Real for €94m (adjusted fee: €102.4m), 2009
2) Gareth Bale, Tottenham to Real for €91m (adjusted fee: €92.4m), 2013
3) Zinedine Zidane, Juventus to Real for €75m (adjusted fee: €92.1m), 2001
4) Luis Suarez, Liverpool to Barca for €81m (adjusted fee: € n/a), 2014
5) James Rodriguez, Monaco to Real for €79.5m (adjusted fee: € n/a), 2014
6) Luis Figo, Barcelona to Real for €62m (adjusted fee: €77.6m), 2000
7) Angel Di Maria, Real to Man Utd for €75m ((adjusted fee: € n/a), 2014
8) Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Inter to Barca for €69m plus Samuel Eto'o (adjusted fee: €74.9m), 2009
9) Hernan Crespo, Parma to Lazio for €56.5m plus Matias Almeyda and Sergio Conceicao (adjusted fee: €70.7m)
10) Kaka, Milan to Real for €65m (adjusted fee: €70.5m)
Click though the mini-gallery attached to the article to view the images of the most expensive players in the game.
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