paragraph_text: On 31 January 2013, Kovačić agreed to a transfer to Inter Milan. It was revealed the deal was worth €15 million in total, with €11 million paid immediately and €4 million when and if Inter qualifies for the UEFA Champions League. Upon his arrival, Kovačić was given the number 10 shirt, previously worn by Wesley Sneijder.

paragraph_text: On 1 September 2008, the final day of the Premier League summer transfer window, Robinho completed a €41–42 million (£32.5M) move to Manchester City on a four-year deal. This occurred on the same day the club was bought out by the Arab investment company Abu Dhabi United Group.Robinho had previously been linked with a transfer to Chelsea, and he had emphasised his desire to play for the London club up to the eve of the transfer. On 27 August, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon said that the club were "confident" that the transaction would go through, and Madrid had also given their consent for the player to leave. Robinho's expectancy to move to Chelsea was such that upon signing for Manchester City he accidentally stated, "On the last day, Chelsea made a great proposal and I accepted." To this comment, a reporter then replied, "You mean Manchester, right?" "Yeah, Manchester, sorry!" answered Robinho.In an interview with The Guardian, Robinho stated that Manchester City being a big club and the presence of Brazilian friends Jô and Elano were incentives for him to join the team. He made his team debut and scored his first Premier League goal on 13 September 2008, coincidentally in a 3–1 home defeat to Chelsea.

paragraph_text: During the qualification for the 2014 World Cup, Ronaldo scored a total of eight goals. A qualifying match on 17 October 2012, a 1 -- 1 draw against Northern Ireland, earned him his 100th cap. His first international hat - trick also came against Northern Ireland, when he found the net three times in a 15 - minute spell of a 4 -- 2 qualifying victory on 6 September 2013. After Portugal failed to qualify during the regular campaign, Ronaldo scored all four of the team's goals in the play - offs against Sweden, which ensured their place at the tournament. His hat - trick in the second leg took his international tally to 47 goals, equaling Pauleta's record. Ronaldo subsequently scored twice in a 5 -- 1 friendly win over Cameroon on 5 March 2014 to become his country's all - time top scorer.

paragraph_text: Most goals in one half: 5, Jermain Defoe (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Wigan Athletic, 22 November 2009) W 9 -- 1 Fastest goal: 10 seconds, Ledley King (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Bradford City, 9 December 2000) Most goals scored by a substitute in a game: 4, Ole Gunnar Solskjær (for Manchester United v. Nottingham Forest, 6 February 1999) Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 9, Robin van Persie (for Arsenal, 1 January 2011 to 22 May 2011) Most consecutive seasons to score at least 30 Goals: 3 (1993 -- 1996), Alan Shearer (all for Blackburn Rovers) Most consecutive seasons to score at least 25 Goals: 4 (1993 -- 1997), Alan Shearer (1993 -- 1996 for Blackburn Rovers, 1996 -- 1997 for Newcastle United) Most consecutive seasons to score at least 20 Goals: 5 (2001 -- 2006), Thierry Henry (all for Arsenal) Most consecutive seasons to score at least 10 Goals: 11 (2004 -- 2015), Wayne Rooney (all for Manchester United) Most consecutive seasons to score at least 1 Goal: 21 (1992 -- 2013), Ryan Giggs (all for Manchester United) Fastest Premier League hat - trick: Sadio Mané, 2 minutes 56 seconds (for Southampton v. Aston Villa, 16 May 2015) Highest number of different clubs to score for: 7: Craig Bellamy (for Coventry City, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, Liverpool, West Ham United, Manchester City, Cardiff City) Most own goals: 10, Richard Dunne Most own goals in a season: 4, Martin Škrtel (2013 -- 14) Most Hat - tricks against a single club: 3, Luis Suárez (for Liverpool v. Norwich City) Most Goals in a calendar month: 10 (December 2013), Luis Suárez (for Liverpool)

paragraph_text: Below is the list of players that have scored a hat - trick in a La Liga match since the league's creation, in 1929. Since its creation, more than 100 players have scored at least a hat - trick. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 34 La Liga hat - tricks, making him the player with the most hat - tricks in La Liga history. He is followed by Lionel Messi, with 30.

paragraph_text: Rank Player Hat - tricks Last hat - trick Alan Shearer 11 19 September 1999 Robbie Fowler 9 26 December 2001 Sergio Agüero 8 10 February 2018 Thierry Henry 7 May 2006 Harry Kane 26 December 2017 Michael Owen 17 December 2005 7 Wayne Rooney 7 29 November 2017 8 Luis Suárez 6 22 March 2014 9 Dimitar Berbatov 5 26 December 2011 Andy Cole 30 August 1999 Ruud van Nistelrooy 27 September 2003 Robin van Persie 22 April 2013 Ian Wright 13 September 1997 14 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 3 December 2011 Kevin Campbell 8 May 1999 Jermain Defoe 13 January 2016 Les Ferdinand 25 November 2000 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 16 October 2004 Matthew Le Tissier 19 August 1995 Teddy Sheringham 26 August 2003 Chris Sutton 28 February 1998 Carlos Tevez 14 April 2012 Fernando Torres 29 April 2012 Dwight Yorke 25 February 2001 25 Emmanuel Adebayor 13 September 2008 Nicolas Anelka 1 November 2008 Tony Cottee 17 December 1994 Didier Drogba 14 August 2010 Dion Dublin 14 November 1998 Robbie Keane 26 September 2009 Frank Lampard 2 October 2011 Romelu Lukaku 4 February 2017 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 29 January 2002 Theo Walcott 24 May 2015 35 Demba Ba 31 October 2011 Christian Benteke 7 April 2015 Andy Carroll 9 April 2016 Kevin Gallacher 17 January 1998 Steven Gerrard 13 March 2012 Darren Huckerby 9 January 1999 Steffen Iversen 11 March 2000 Andrei Kanchelskis 27 April 1996 Paul Kitson 19 November 2001 Sadio Mané 1 May 2016 Benjani Mwaruwari 19 January 2008 Kevin Nolan 19 May 2013 Kevin Phillips 26 December 2000 Fabrizio Ravanelli 5 March 1997 Maxi Rodríguez 9 May 2011 Alexis Sánchez 3 December 2016 Paul Scholes 12 April 2003 Mark Viduka 5 April 2003 Callum Wilson 18 November 2017 Tony Yeboah 23 September 1995

paragraph_text: In the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Geoff Hurst scored a hat - trick, generally considered one of the most famous of all time. The most recent hat - trick was scored by Harry Kane in England's victory over Panama in their second match of the Russia 2018 finals.

paragraph_text: The record transfer fee for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition. Prior to the start of the first Premier League season Alan Shearer became the first British player to command a transfer fee of more than £3 million. The record rose steadily in the Premier League's first few seasons, until Alan Shearer made a record breaking £15 million move to Newcastle United in 1996. The three highest transfer in the sport's history had a Premier League club on the selling end, with Tottenham Hotspur selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £85 million in 2013, Manchester United's sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80 million in 2009, and Liverpool selling Luis Suárez to Barcelona for £75 million in 2014.

paragraph_text: Born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart at age 15. He underwent an operation to treat his condition, and began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003. After winning his first trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season in England, he helped United win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup. By age 22, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations and at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million).

paragraph_text: Only one man has scored a hat - trick in a World Cup Final. Geoff Hurst scored three for England against West Germany in the 1966 Final. This is also the longest hat - trick to be completed -- most time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 10 ', while the second goals were in extra time at 98' and 120 '.

paragraph_text: On 30 August 2015, Manchester City announced the arrival of De Bruyne on a six - year contract, for a reported club - record fee of £55 million (€75 million) making him the second most expensive transfer in British football history after Ángel Di María's move to Manchester United in 2014. He made his debut for the team in the Premier League on 12 September against Crystal Palace, replacing injured Sergio Agüero in the 25th minute. On 19 September, he scored his first goal for the club against West Ham United in first half stoppage time in an eventual 2 -- 1 loss. He went on to score in a 4 -- 1 League Cup win against Sunderland, on 22 September and a 4 -- 1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on 26 September. On 3 October, he scored in the team's 6 -- 1 win against Newcastle United.

paragraph_text: A player has taken two hat - tricks in the same Test match only once. Playing for Australia against South Africa in the first match of the 1912 Triangular Tournament at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, leg spinner Jimmy Matthews took a hat - trick in South Africa's first and second innings, both taken on 28 May 1912. He completed both hat - tricks by dismissing South Africa's Tommy Ward. Only three other cricketers have taken more than one Test hat - trick: Australian off spinner Hugh Trumble (two years apart, between the same teams at the same ground), Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram (just over a week apart, in consecutive matches between the same teams) and English fast bowler Stuart Broad. Three players have taken a hat - trick on their Test debut: English medium pace bowler Maurice Allom in 1930, New Zealand off - spinner Peter Petherick in 1976, and Australian pace bowler Damien Fleming in 1994. Geoff Griffin took the fewest total Test wickets of any player who recorded a hat - trick, taking only eight wickets in his entire Test career. During the match in which he took his hat - trick, Griffin was repeatedly called for throwing by the umpires and never bowled again in a Test match. Australian Peter Siddle is the only bowler to take a hat - trick on his birthday, and Bangladeshi off spinner Sohag Gazi is the only player to score a century and take a hat - trick in the same Test match.

paragraph_text: Ronaldo scored his first and only hat - trick for Manchester United in a 6 -- 0 win against Newcastle United on 12 January 2008, bringing United up to the top of the Premier League table. A month later, on 19 March, he captained United for the first time in a home win over Bolton, and scored both goals of the match. His second goal was his 33rd of the campaign, which bettered George Best's total of 32 goals in the 1967 -- 68 season, thus setting the club's new single - season record by a midfielder. Ronaldo scored his final league goal of the season from the penalty spot in the title decider against Wigan on 11 May, as United claimed a second successive Premier League title. His 31 league goals earned him the Premier League Golden Boot, as well as the European Golden Shoe, which made him the first winger to win the latter award.

paragraph_text: Most goals in a season (38 games): 31, joint record: Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, 1995 -- 96) Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, 2007 -- 08) Luis Suárez (Liverpool, 2013 -- 14) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 2017 -- 18) Most games scored in during a Premier League season: 23, Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 2017 -- 18) Most Premier League goals in a calendar year: 39, Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, 2017) Number of teams scored against in a season: 17, joint record: 20 - team league: Ian Wright (Arsenal, 1996 -- 97) Robin van Persie (Arsenal, 2011 -- 12) 22 - team league: Andy Cole (Newcastle United, 1993 -- 94) Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, 1994 -- 95) Most goals in a debut season: 30, Kevin Phillips (Sunderland, 1999 -- 2000) Most Premier League hat - tricks in a season: 5, Alan Shearer (38 games) (Blackburn Rovers, 1995 -- 96) Most Premier League hat - tricks: 11, Alan Shearer Most goals in a game: 5, joint record: Andy Cole (for Manchester United v. Ipswich Town, 4 March 1995) W 9 -- 0 Alan Shearer (for Newcastle United v. Sheffield Wednesday, 19 September 1999) W 8 -- 0 Jermain Defoe (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Wigan Athletic, 22 November 2009) W 9 -- 1 Dimitar Berbatov (for Manchester United v. Blackburn Rovers, 27 November 2010) W 7 -- 1 Sergio Agüero (for Manchester City v. Newcastle United, 3 October 2015) W 6 -- 1

paragraph_text: Rooney joined the Everton youth team at the age of 9, and made his professional debut for the club in 2002 at the age of 16. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window. He won 16 trophies with the club, including five Premier League titles, the FA Cup and the Champions League in 2008. He scored 253 goals for the club in all competitions which makes him their top goalscorer of all time. His 200 Premier League goals make him the competition's second top scorer of all time, behind Alan Shearer. Rooney holds the record for most goals for one club in the Premier League, with 183 for Manchester United.

paragraph_text: During the first half of the 2006 -- 07 season, Rooney endured a ten - game scoreless streak before scoring a hat - trick against Bolton Wanderers. He subsequently signed a two - year contract extension the following month that tied him to United until 2012. In April 2007, he scored two goals in an 8 -- 3 aggregate Champions League quarter - final win over Roma and two more in the same competition later in the month, in a 3 -- 2 semi-final first leg victory over Milan. Rooney collected his first Premier League title winner's medal at the end of the 2006 -- 07 season. He scored 14 league goals that season.

paragraph_text: Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful players in Indian Premier League (IPL) and has the unique record of finishing the match by scoring a last - ball six. He has one century and a hat - trick to his name. He is also one of the few players to score more than 4000 runs in the IPL.

paragraph_text: John Gould Veitch (19 July 1869 – 3 October 1914) was an English amateur footballer, who played for the Corinthian club in the 1890s. He made one appearance for England playing at inside left in 1894, in which he scored a hat trick.

paragraph_text: Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record for the most hat tricks in a career with 50. Harry Hyland scored the league's first hat trick, in the league's very first game on 19 December 1917, in which Hyland's Montreal Wanderers defeated the Toronto Arenas 10 -- 9.

paragraph_text: The first hat - trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930; the most recent was by Harry Kane of England, playing against Panama on 24 June 2018.

Question: Who paid £15 million to transfer the player who scored the most hat tricks in the Premier League to their club?
Answer: Newcastle United