Question: who is the highest paid footballer of all time

title: List of most expensive association football transfers
text: Year Player Selling club Buying club Fee ( £ ) Fee ( € ) Fee ( UK £ , after adjusted inflation ) Percentage change from last record ( + % ) 1893 Willie Groves West Bromwich Albion Aston Villa 01 ! 100 -- 10,179 N / A 1903 Ben Green Barnsley Small Heath 01.5 ! 500 -- 49,273 400 1904 Andy McCombie Sunderland Newcastle United 02 ! 700 -- 69,215 40 1905 Alf Common Sunderland Middlesbrough 03 ! 1,000 -- 98,547 42 1913 Daniel Shea West Ham United Blackburn Rovers 03.25 ! 2,000 -- 180,606 100 1913 Tommy Barber Bolton Wanderers Aston Villa 03.5 ! 2,000 -- 180,606 0 1914 Percy Dawson Heart of Midlothian Blackburn Rovers 03.75 ! 2,500 -- 220,182 25 1920 David Jack Plymouth Argyle Bolton Wanderers 03.75 ! 3,500 -- 129,019 40 1922 Syd Puddefoot West Ham United Falkirk 04 ! 5,000 -- 250,564 43 1922 Warney Cresswell South Shields Sunderland 05 ! 5,500 -- 275,621 8 1925 Bob Kelly Burnley Sunderland 05.5 ! 6,500 -- 340,224 18 1928 David Jack Bolton Wanderers Arsenal 06 ! 10,890 -- 602,148 68 1932 Bernabé Ferreyra Tigre River Plate 07 ! 23,000 -- 1,465,238 111 1949 Johnny Morris Manchester United Derby County 07.2 ! 24,000 -- 778,165 1949 Eddie Quigley Sheffield Wednesday Preston North End 07.4 ! 26,500 -- 859,224 10 1950 Trevor Ford Aston Villa Sunderland 07.6 ! 30,000 -- 943,332 13 1951 Jackie Sewell Notts County Sheffield Wednesday 07.8 ! 34,500 -- 994,474 15 1952 Hans Jeppson Atalanta Napoli 08 ! 52,000 -- 1,373,110 51 1954 Juan Schiaffino Peñarol Milan 09 ! 72,000 -- 1,809,071 38 1957 Enrique Omar Sivori River Plate Juventus 10 ! 93,000 -- 2,057,699 29 1961 Luis Suárez Barcelona Internazionale 11 ! 152,000 -- 3,105,049 63 1963 Angelo Sormani Mantova Roma 12 ! 250,000 -- 4,804,222 64 1967 Harald Nielsen Bologna Internazionale 12 ! 300,000 -- 4,997,098 20 1968 Pietro Anastasi Varese Juventus 13 ! 500,000 -- 7,957,866 67 1973 Johan Cruyff Ajax Barcelona 14 ! 922,000 -- 10,232,704 84 Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna Napoli 15 ! 1,200,000 -- 9,237,684 30 1976 Paolo Rossi Juventus Vicenza 16 ! 1,750,000 -- 11,559,097 46 1982 Diego Maradona Boca Juniors Barcelona 17 ! 3,000,000 -- 9,716,083 71 1984 Diego Maradona Barcelona Napoli 18 ! 5,000,000 -- 14,748,314 67 Ruud Gullit PSV Eindhoven Milan 19 ! 6,000,000 -- 15,488,011 20 1990 Roberto Baggio Fiorentina Juventus 21 ! 8,000,000 -- 16,686,521 33 1992 Jean - Pierre Papin Marseille Milan 22 ! 10,000,000 -- 18,991,397 25 1992 Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria Juventus 23 ! 12,000,000 -- 22,789,677 20 1992 Gianluigi Lentini Torino Milan 24 ! 13,000,000 -- 24,688,816 8 Ronaldo PSV Eindhoven Barcelona 26 ! 13,200,000 -- 22,738,197 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United 25 ! 15,000,000 -- 25,838,860 14 1997 Ronaldo Barcelona Internazionale 26 ! 19,500,000 -- 32,568,737 30 1998 Denílson São Paulo Real Betis 27 ! 21,500,000 -- 34,718,967 10 1999 Christian Vieri Lazio Internazionale 28 ! 32,000,000 49,000,000 51,049,447 49 2000 Hernán Crespo Parma Lazio 29 ! 35,500,000 55,000,000 54,834,955 11 2000 Luís Figo Barcelona Real Madrid 30 ! 37,000,000 62,000,000 57,151,924 2001 Zinedine Zidane Juventus Real Madrid 31 ! 46,600,000 77,500,000 69,816,449 26 2009 Kaká Milan Real Madrid 33 ! 56,000,000 67,000,000 68,933,036 20 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Real Madrid 36 ! 80,000,000 94,000,000 98,475,766 43 2013 Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur Real Madrid 37 ! 86,000,000 100,000,000 90,454,903 8 2016 Paul Pogba Juventus Manchester United 38 ! 89,000,000 105,000,000 89,000,000 2017 Neymar Barcelona Paris Saint - Germain 39 ! 198,000,000 222,000,000 198,000,000 125