Sports [LIST] 25 Most Expensive Players in Football History

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With Manchester United looking to break the world transfer record of €100 million in order to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus, Goal.com counts down the 25 most expensive players of all time...




25. RIO FERDINAND | Leeds to Manchester United | 2002 | €46m

24. CHRISTIAN BENTEKE | Aston Villa to Liverpool | 2015 | €46.5m

23. MESUT OZIL | Real Madrid to Arsenal | 2013 | €47m

22. GAIZKA MENDIETA | Valencia to Lazio | 2001 | €48m

21. DAVID LUIZ | Chelsea to Paris Saint-Germain | 2014 | €49.5m

=19. ALEX TEIXEIRA | Shakhtar Donetsk to Jiangsu Suning | 2016 | €50m

=19. ANTHONY MARTIAL | Monaco to Manchester United | 2015 | €50m

18. GIANLUIGI BUFFON | Parma to Juventus | 2001 | €52.9m

17. HERNAN CRESPO | Parma to Lazio | 2000 | €55m

16. HULK | Zenit to Shanghai SIPG | 2016 | €55.8m

15. FERNANDO TORRES | Liverpool to Chelsea | 2011 | €58.5m

14. LUIS FIGO | Barcelona to Real Madrid | 2000 | €60m

13. RAHEEM STERLING | Liverpool to Manchester City | 2015 | €62.5m

12. ANGEL DI MARIA | Manchester United to Paris Saint-Germain | 2015 | €63m

11. EDINSON CAVANI | Napoli to Paris Saint-Germain | 2013 | €64.5m

10. KAKA | AC Milan to Real Madrid | 2009 | €65m

9. ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC | Inter to Barcelona | 2009 | €69.5m

8. ZINEDINE ZIDANE | Juventus to Real Madrid | 2001 | €73.5m

7. KEVIN DE BRUYNE | Wolfsburg to Manchester City | 2015 | €74m

=5. ANGEL DI MARIA | Real Madrid to Manchester United | 2014 | €75m

=5. JAMES RODRIGUEZ | Monaco to Real Madrid | 2014 | €75m

4. LUIS SUAREZ | Liverpool to Barcelona | 2014 | €81.7m

3. NEYMAR | Santos to Barcelona | 2013 | €88.2m

2. CRISTIANO RONALDO | Manchester United to Real Madrid | 2009 | €94m

1. GARETH BALE | Tottenham to Real Madrid | 2013 | €101m