The summer of 2022 saw an unusually high number of big deals over the past few years, with such deals being delayed perhaps until the last day of the transfer market.
Clubs have been keen to decide their rosters early in order to move into the pre-season without thinking about bringing in new players late, which threatens to delay harmony.
On this occasion, Transfer Market has published a list of the 10 most expensive deals in the history of football.
The amounts paid out have dwindled over the current summer transfer market, with Uruguayan Darwin Nunez with Liverpool and France’s Aurélien Chouamini with Real Madrid the most expensive on the market so far with a total value of €100m ($104m). dollars).
Returning to the most expensive deals, the Brazilian deal tops the list. Neymar list:
1. Brazilian Neymar during his transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 for 222 million euros (231 million dollars).
2- Frenchman Kylian Mbappe with a fortune of 180 million euros (187 million dollars) when he joined the Parisian club from Monaco in 2018.
3. Frenchman Ousmane Dembele, €140 million ($145 million), after joining Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in 2017.
4. Brazilian Philippe Coutinho, €135 million ($140 million), after joining Barcelona from Liverpool in 2017.
5. Portuguese Joao Felix, €127 million ($132 million) when he joined Atlético Madrid from Benfica in 2018.
6. Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, €120m ($125m), after joining Barcelona from Atlético Madrid in 2019.
7. Englishman Jack Grealish with the €117.5m ($121m) Manchester City paid for the former Aston Villa captain in 2021.
8. Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with 117 million euros ($121 million) after joining Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018.
9- Belgian Eden Hazard, 115 million euros (119 million dollars), brought by Real Madrid from Chelsea in the summer of 2019.
10. Romelu Lukaku of Belgium with the €113 million ($117 million) paid by London club Chelsea to Inter Milan in 2021.
Source: Transfermarkt