What is the Most Expensive Player Signing Ever?

Who is the most expensive player signing ever?

Over the past few years, the transfer market has seen what can best be described as market inflation.

It all started in 2017 when Paris Saint-Germain splashed €222m on the transfer of Brazil International Neymar Junior from Barcelona. They also paid a whooping €145m (+€35m) to secure French man Kylian Mbappe from Monaco.

The transfer of Neymar from Barcelona is the most expensive player signing in the history of football. PSG is seen as the market disrupter when it comes to player transfer in Europe.

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Most of the transfers on this list are to clubs under UEFA’s jurisdiction and most of the purchasing clubs are from England, France, Italy and Spain.

Top 50 Most Expensive Player Signing Ever

The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first recorded record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 (equivalent to £12,000 in 2021).

This occurred just eight years after the introduction of professionalism by the Football Association in 1885. most expensive player signing ever

 The current transfer record was set by the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million (£190 million) in August 2017.

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