List of most expensive association football transfers
Highest fees

List of most expensive association football transfers

Section Title: Highest fees
Table Section Text: None

R	Player	From	To	Position	Fee (€ mln)	Fee (£ mln)	Year	Year of birth	Reference

1	Brazil Neymar	Spain Barcelona	France Paris Saint-Germain	Forward	€222	£198	2017	1992

2	France Kylian Mbappé	France Monaco	France Paris Saint-Germain	Forward	€180	£158	2018	1998

3	Brazil Philippe Coutinho	England Liverpool	Spain Barcelona	Midfielder	€120	£106	2018	1992

4	France Ousmane Dembélé	Germany Borussia Dortmund	Spain Barcelona	Forward	€105	£97	2017	1997

France Paul Pogba	Italy Juventus	England Manchester United	Midfielder	€105	£89	2016	1993

6	Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	Spain Real Madrid	Italy Juventus	Forward	€100	£88	2018	1985

Wales Gareth Bale	England Tottenham Hotspur	Spain Real Madrid	Forward	€100	£86	2013	1989

8	Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	England Manchester United	Spain Real Madrid	Forward	€94	£80	2009	1985

9	Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín	Italy Napoli	Italy Juventus	Striker	€90	£75.3	2016	1987

10	Belgium Romelu Lukaku	England Everton	England Manchester United	Striker	€85	£75	2017	1993

11	Netherlands Virgil van Dijk	England Southampton	England Liverpool	Defender	€84.5	£75	2018	1991

12	Uruguay Luis Suárez	England Liverpool	Spain Barcelona	Striker	€82.3	£65	2014	1987

13	France Lucas Hernandez	Spain Atlético Madrid	Germany Bayern Munich	Defender	€80	£70	2019	1996

13	Spain Kepa Arrizabalaga	Spain Athletic Bilbao	England Chelsea	Goalkeeper	€80	£71.6	2018	1994

14	France Zinedine Zidane	Italy Juventus	Spain Real Madrid	Midfielder	€77.5	£46.6	2001	1972

15	Colombia James Rodríguez	France Monaco	Spain Real Madrid	Midfielder	€76	£63	2014	1991

16	Argentina Ángel Di María	Spain Real Madrid	England Manchester United	Midfielder	€75.6	£59.7	2014	1988

17	Netherlands Frenkie de Jong	Netherlands Ajax	Spain Barcelona	Midfielder	€75	£62	2019	1997

18	Belgium Kevin De Bruyne	Germany VfL Wolfsburg	England Manchester City	Midfielder	€75	£55	2015	1991

19	France Thomas Lemar	France Monaco	Spain Atlético Madrid	Midfielder	€70	£63	2018	1995

20	Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović	Italy Internazionale	Spain Barcelona	Striker	€69.5	£56	2009	1981

21	Algeria Riyad Mahrez	England Leicester City	England Manchester City	Forward	€67.8	£60	2018	1991

22	Brazil Kaká	Italy Milan	Spain Real Madrid	Midfielder	€67	£56	2009	1982

23	Spain Álvaro Morata	Spain Real Madrid	England Chelsea	Striker	€65.5	£58	2017	1992

24	France Aymeric Laporte	Spain Athletic Bilbao	England Manchester City	Defender	€65.2	£57	2018	1994

25	Uruguay Edinson Cavani	Italy Napoli	France Paris Saint-Germain	Striker	€64.5	£55	2013	1987

26	United States Christian Pulisic	Germany Borussia Dortmund	England Chelsea	Forward	€64	£58	2019	1998

27	Argentina Ángel Di María	England Manchester United	France Paris Saint-Germain	Midfielder	€64	£45	2015	1988

28	Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Germany Borussia Dortmund	England Arsenal	Striker	€63.7	£56.1	2018	1989

29	Brazil Alisson	Italy Roma	England Liverpool	Goalkeeper	€62.5	£56	2018	1993

England Raheem Sterling	England Liverpool	England Manchester City	Forward	€62.5	£44	2015	1994

31	Portugal Luís Figo	Spain Barcelona	Spain Real Madrid	Midfielder	€62	£37	2000	1972

32	Brazil Oscar	England Chelsea	China Shanghai SIPG	Midfielder	€61	£52	2017	1991

33	Colombia Radamel Falcao	Spain Atlético Madrid	France Monaco	Striker	€60	£51	2013	1986

Guinea Naby Keïta	Germany RB Leipzig	England Liverpool	Midfielder	€60	£52.75	2018	1995

35	France Anthony Martial	France Monaco	England Manchester United	Forward	€60	£43.2	2015	1995

36	Spain Fernando Torres	England Liverpool	England Chelsea	Striker	€59	£50	2011	1984

Brazil Fred	Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk	England Manchester United	Midfielder	€59	£47	2018	1993

38	Argentina Hernán Crespo	Italy Parma	Italy Lazio	Striker	€58.5	£35	2000	1975

39	France Benjamin Mendy	France Monaco	England Manchester City	Defender	€58.1	£52	2017	1993

40	Brazil Neymar	Brazil Santos	Spain Barcelona	Forward	€57.1	£48.6	2013	1992

41	Italy Jorginho	Italy Napoli	England Chelsea	Midfielder	€57	£50	2018	1991

England Kyle Walker	England Tottenham Hotspur	England Manchester City	Defender	€57	£50	2017	1990

43	Spain Diego Costa	England Chelsea	Spain Atlético Madrid	Striker	€56.9	£48.8	2018	1988

44	Brazil David Luiz	England Chelsea	France Paris Saint-Germain	Defender	€56	£40	2014	1987

45	Brazil Hulk	Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg	China Shanghai SIPG	Forward	€55.8	£46.4	2016	1986

46	England John Stones	England Everton	England Manchester City	Defender	€55.6	£47.5	2016	1994

47	France Alexandre Lacazette	France Lyon	England Arsenal	Striker	€53	£46.5	2017	1991

48	Italy Gianluigi Buffon	Italy Parma	Italy Juventus	Goalkeeper	€52	£33	2001	1978

49	Germany Leroy Sané	Germany Schalke	England Manchester City	Forward	€50.5	£37	2016	1995

50	Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson	Wales Swansea City	England Everton	Midfielder	€50	£45	2017	1989

Germany Mesut Özil	Spain Real Madrid	England Arsenal	Midfielder	€50	£42.5	2013	1988

Sentence(s)

In 2018, Coutinho transferred to Barcelona and he was the third most expensive player.

final_sentence: In 2018, Coutinho transferred to Barcelona and he was the third most expensive player.