Inter-club transfers in football often reach fantastic values. According to *transfermarkt.com*, the record for the most expensive transfer in football history is still held by Neymar. The top Brazilian football star left Barcelona for the French club, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2017, with a transfer fee of €222 million.
The second most expensive player in the world is the young French national team star, Kylian Mbappé, with a value of €145 million. PSG once again holds the record for the most expensive player transfer when they signed Mbappé from AS Monaco at the beginning of the 2018/2019 season.
Next, the transfer of Brazilian player Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool to Barcelona ranks third in the most expensive player transfers with a transfer fee of €135 million. Followed by the transfer of French player Ousmane Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona with a transfer fee of €135 million in the 2017/2018 season.
Then, there's Portuguese player João Félix, who recorded the fifth most expensive transfer. At that time, Félix moved from Benfica to Atlético Madrid with a transfer fee of €127.2 million in the 2019/2020 season.
Jack Grealish is also on the list of players with the most expensive transfer records in the world. The most expensive footballer in the English Premier League recorded a transfer fee of €117.5 million after recently moving from Aston Villa to Manchester City.
Meanwhile, the world's top football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, is ranked eighth among footballers with the most expensive transfers in the world when he left Real Madrid to join the Italian club, Juventus. His transfer fee at that time was €117 million. Currently, the player known as CR7 is confirmed to be leaving Juventus to return to his old club, Manchester United, with a salary of £25 million per year.
10 Football Players with the Highest Transfer Fees in the World
1. Neymar: Barcelona to PSG (€222 million)
2. Kylian Mbappé: AS Monaco to PSG (€145 million)
3. Philippe Coutinho: Liverpool to Barcelona (€135 million)
4. Ousmane Dembélé: Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona (€135 million)
5. João Félix: Benfica to Atlético Madrid (€127.2 million)
6. Antoine Griezmann: Atlético Madrid to Barcelona (€120 million)
7. Jack Grealish: Aston Villa to Manchester City (€117.5 million)
8. Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid to Juventus (€117 million)
9. Romelu Lukaku: Inter Milan to Chelsea (€115 million)
10. Eden Hazard: Chelsea to Real Madrid (€115 million)