Historical list of record transfers in football

Alf Common from Sunderland (Eng) to Middlesbrough (Eng) œ1,000 1905
David Jack from Bolton Wanderers (Eng) to Arsenal (Eng) œ10,000 1929
Bernabe Ferreyra from Tigre (Mex) to RiverPlate (Arg) œ23,000 1932
Hans Jepson from (Amateur Club) to Napoli (Ita) œ52,000 1952
Juan Schiaffino from Penarol (Uru) to Milan (Ita) œ72,000 1954
Enrique Omar Sivori from River Plate (Arg) to Juventus (Ita) œ93,000 1957
Luis Suarez from Barcelona (Spa) to Inter (Ita) œ142,000 1961
Angelo Sormani from Mantova to Roma (Ita) œ250,000 1963
Pietro Anastasi from Varese (Ita) to Juventus (Ita) œ500,000
1968
Johan Cruyff from Ajax (Hol) to Barcelona (Spa) œ922,000 1973
Giuseppe Savoldi from Bologna (Ita) to Napoli (Ita) œ1.2m 1975
Paolo Rossi from Juventus (Ita) to Vicenza (Ita) œ1.75m 1978
Diego Maradona from Boca Juniors (Arg) to Barcelona (Spa) œ3m 1982
Diego Maradona from Barcelona (Spa) to Napoli (Ita) œ5m 1984
Ruud Gullit from PSV Eindhoven (Hol) to Milan (Ita) œ6m 1987
Roberto Baggio from Fiorentina (Ita) to Juventus (Ita) œ8m 1990
Jean Pierre Papin from Marseille (Fra) to Milan (Ita) œ10m 1992
GianLuca Vialli from Sampdoria (Ita) to Juventus (Ita) œ12m 1992
Gianluigi Lentini from Torino (Ita) to Milan (Ita) œ13m 1992
Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers (Eng) to Newcastle United (Eng) œ15m 1996
Ronaldo from Barcelona (Spa) Inter (Ita) œ18m 1997
Denilson from Sao Paolo (Bra) to RealBetis (Spa) œ22m 1998
Christian Vieri from Lazio (Ita) to Inter (Ita) œ32m 1999
Hernan Crespo from Parma (Ita) to Lazio (Ita) œ35.5m 2000
Luis Figo from Barcelona (Spa) to Real Madrid (Spa) œ37m 2000
Zinedine Zidane from Juventus (Ita) to Real Madrid (Spa) œ45.62m 2001

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