List of most expensive association football transfers

Table columns:
Year
Player
Selling club
Buying club
Fee (£)
Fee (€)
Fee (UK£, after adjusted inflation)
Percentage change from last record (+ %)

Table rows:
cells: 1893
Willie Groves
West Bromwich Albion
Aston Villa
01 !100[136]
–
10,003
N/A
cells: 1903
Ben Green
Barnsley
Small Heath
01.5 !500[155]
–
48,421
400
cells: 1904
Andy McCombie
Sunderland
Newcastle United
02 !700[156]
–
68,018
40
cells: 1905
Alf Common
Sunderland
Middlesbrough
03 !1,000[157]
–
96,843
42
cells: 1913
Daniel Shea
West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers
03.25 !2,000[158]
–
177,483
100
cells: 1913
Tommy Barber
Bolton Wanderers
Aston Villa
03.5 !2,000[159]
–
177,483
0
cells: 1914
Percy Dawson
Heart of Midlothian
Blackburn Rovers
03.75 !2,500[160]
–
216,374
25
cells: 1920
David Jack
Plymouth Argyle
Bolton Wanderers
03.75 !3,500[161]
–
126,787
40
cells: 1922
Syd Puddefoot
West Ham United
Falkirk
04 !5,000[162]
–
246,231
43
cells: 1922
Warney Cresswell
South Shields
Sunderland
05 !5,500[163]
–
270,854
8
cells: 1925
Bob Kelly
Burnley
Sunderland
05.5 !6,500[164]
–
334,339
18
cells: 1928
David Jack
Bolton Wanderers
Arsenal
06 !10,890[163]
–
591,734
68
cells: 1932
Bernabé Ferreyra
Tigre
River Plate
07 !23,000[163]
–
1,439,897
111
cells: 1949
Johnny Morris
Manchester United
Derby County
07.2 !24,000[164]
–
764,707
4
cells: 1949
Eddie Quigley
Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End
07.4 !26,500[164]
–
844,363
10
cells: 1950
Trevor Ford
Aston Villa
Sunderland
07.6 !30,000[164]
–
927,018
13
cells: 1951
Jackie Sewell
Notts County
Sheffield Wednesday
07.8 !34,500[164]
–
977,275
15
cells: 1952
Hans Jeppson
Atalanta
Napoli
08 !52,000[163]
–
1,349,363
51
cells: 1954
Juan Schiaffino
Peñarol
Milan
09 !72,000[163]
–
1,777,783
38
cells: 1957
Enrique Omar Sivori
River Plate
Juventus
10 !93,000[163]
–
2,022,112
29
cells: 1961
Luis Suárez
Barcelona
Internazionale
11 !152,000[163]
–
3,051,347
63
cells: 1963
Angelo Sormani
Mantova
Roma
12 !250,000[163]
–
4,721,133
64
cells: 1967
Harald Nielsen
Bologna
Internazionale
12 !300,000[165]
–
4,910,674
20
cells: 1968
Pietro Anastasi
Varese
Juventus
13 !500,000[163]
–
7,820,235
67
cells: 1973
Johan Cruyff
Ajax
Barcelona
14 !922,000[163]
–
10,055,731
84
cells: 1975
Giuseppe Savoldi
Bologna
Napoli
15 !1,200,000[163]
–
9,077,920
30
cells: 1976
Paolo Rossi
Juventus
Vicenza
16 !1,750,000[163]
–
11,359,184
46
cells: 1982
Diego Maradona
Boca Juniors
Barcelona
17 !3,000,000[163]
–
9,548,044
71
cells: 1984
Diego Maradona
Barcelona
Napoli
18 !5,000,000[163]
–
14,493,244
67
cells: 1987
Ruud Gullit
PSV Eindhoven
Milan
19 !6,000,000[163]
–
15,220,148
20
cells: 1990
Roberto Baggio
Fiorentina
Juventus
21 !8,000,000[163]
–
16,397,930
33
cells: 1992
Jean-Pierre Papin
Marseille
Milan
22 !10,000,000[163]
–
18,662,944
25
cells: 1992
Gianluca Vialli
Sampdoria
Juventus
23 !12,000,000[163]
–
22,395,532
20
cells: 1992
Gianluigi Lentini
Torino
Milan
24 !13,000,000[163]
–
24,261,827
8
cells: 1996
Ronaldo
PSV Eindhoven
Barcelona
26 !13,200,000[163]
–
22,344,943
2
cells: 1996
Alan Shearer
Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United
25 !15,000,000[166]
–
25,391,980
14
cells: 1997
Ronaldo
Barcelona
Internazionale
26 !19,500,000[163]
–
32,005,465
30
cells: 1998
Denílson
São Paulo
Real Betis
27 !21,500,000[167][168]
–
34,118,507
10
cells: 1999
Christian Vieri
Lazio
Internazionale
28 !32,000,000[169]
49,000,000
50,166,554
49
cells: 2000
Hernán Crespo
Parma
Lazio
29 !35,500,000[169]
55,000,000
53,886,592
11
cells: 2000
Luís Figo
Barcelona
Real Madrid
30 !37,000,000[169]
62,000,000
56,163,490
4
cells: 2001
Zinedine Zidane
Juventus
Real Madrid
31 !46,600,000[169][42]
77,500,000
68,608,983
26
cells: 2009
Kaká
Milan
Real Madrid
33 !56,000,000 [170]
67,000,000
67,740,849
20
cells: 2009
Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United
Real Madrid
36 !80,000,000 [171][172]
94,000,000
96,772,641
43
cells: 2013
Gareth Bale
Tottenham Hotspur
Real Madrid
37 !86,000,000[173][174]
100,800,000
88,890,498
8
cells: 2016
Paul Pogba
Juventus
Manchester United
38 !89,000,000[177][178]
105,000,000
89,000,000
3
cells: 2017
Neymar
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
39 !198,000,000[2][7][4][5]
222,000,000[2][7][4][5]
198,000,000
125

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the most paid player in europe
answer: answerTexts: Neymar