Five of La Liga's most expensive transfers in history broke the world record for most expensive deals in football. Here the top-10 deals involving Spanish clubs.
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Zinedine Zidane's transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid cost Los Blancos €73.5 million back in 2001 and set a world record which stood for eight years.
In June 2009, Real Madrid signed Cristiano Ronaldo for €94 million, but this record was broken when Gareth Bale moved to Bernabeu four years later.
Only two of the top ten La Liga transfers (Di Maria to United and Falcao to Monaco) have been away from La Liga, proving the pulling power of the Spanish league.
Here the top-10 most expensive La Liga transfers, as listed by Transfermarket:
1) Gareth Bale – Tottenham to Real Madrid – €100m (2013/14)
2) Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United to Real Madrid – €94m (2009/10)
3) Neymar – Santos to FC Barcelona– €83.5m (2014/14)
4) Luis Suarez – Liverpool to FC Barcelona – €81m (2014/15)
5) James Rodriguez – AS Monaco to Real Madrid – €80m (2014/15)
6) Angel Di Maria – Real Madrid to Manchester United – €75m (2014/15)
7) Zinedine Zidane – Juventus to Real Madrid – €73.5m (2001/02)
8) Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Inter to FC Barcelona – €69.5m (2009/10)
9) Kaka – Milan to Real Madrid – €65m (2009/10)
10) Falcao – Atletico Madrid to AS Monaco – €60m (2014/14)
Read: Top-10 Most Expensive Premier League Transfers
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