

The record was broken seven further times between 19, when Luis Suárez Miramontes was sold by FC Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152k, becoming the first ever player sold for more than £100k. His 1932 transfer from Tigre to River Plate cost £23k, and the record would last for 17 years (the longest the record has lasted) until it was broken by Manchester United's sale of Johnny Morris to Derby County for £24k in March 1949. The first player from outside Great Britain to break the record was Bernabé Ferreyra, a player known as La Fiera for his powerful shot. ĭiego Maradona and Ronaldo were twice transferred for world record fees. Subsequently, David Jack was transferred for a world record fee when Arsenal paid £10,890 to Bolton for his services, after Bolton had asked for £13,000, which was double the previous record made when Sunderland signed Burnley's Bob Kelly a fee of for £6,500. David Jack of Bolton Wanderers was the subject of interest from Arsenal, and in order to negotiate the fee down, Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman got the Bolton representatives drunk. It was not until 1928 that the first five-figure transfer took place. It took just another twelve years for the figure to become £1000, when Sunderland striker Alf Common moved to Middlesbrough. The first player to ever be transferred for a fee of over £100 was Scottish striker Willie Groves when he together with Jack Reynolds (£50) made the switch from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893, eight years after the legalisation of professionalism in the sport.

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^ Fee was to be paid over time with an initial £44 million, plus another £5 million in additional bonuses.^ Initial fee of £56 million with reported performance related bonuses of £9 million.^ Cancelo's transfer equates to €65 million as part-exchange deal, where Danilo would be sent to Juventus.^ Fee was to be paid over time with an initial £58 million, plus another £12 million in additional bonuses.^ The fee broke the world record in pound sterling, but not in euro (Zinedine Zidane was the most expensive in euro at that time) as the fee was paid in installments, the accountant that prepared the financial report adjusted the value to €66.073 million as the present value to reflect the loss in interest.^ Barcelona paid €49.5 million, and exchanged Samuel Eto'o valued at €20 million.^ Initial fee of €70 million with reported performance related bonuses of €10 million.Swap deal, Barcelona received Miralem Pjanic (valued at €60m) and €12m. ^ Initial €72 million plus reported €10 million bonuses.^ Initial £64 million plus reported £21 million bonuses.^ Initial €75 million plus reported €11 million bonuses.^ Initial €75 million, payable in 5 financial years, plus additional €10,5 million broker fee.^ fee originally in 150 billion lire the fixed exchange rate between euro and lire was 1:1936.27.^ Initial €80 million plus reported €20 million bonuses.

