Top expensive transfers in soccer history

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We fans are always used to seeing football as the most beautiful sport in the world and as a passion that makes us live moments of joy and pain by continuing to cheer for our favorite team, but football is also and above all a business always in growth. 

Today we will see what have been the most expensive transfers ever made in the history of football.

Note: only price tags are considered and not bonuses and variable parts.

5. Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembélé (105,000,000 €)

Paul Pogba was the protagonist of one of the most expensive returns ever: going from Manchester United to Juventus FC in 2012 for free, in 2016 he returned to Manchester for 105 million euros. A great deal for the bianconeri.

Ousmane Dembele is considered one of the best wingers in the world football scene and has a stellar career ahead of him. World champion in 2018 with France (as well as Pogba), his transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona in 2017 for 105 million euros was the second most expensive of the summer transfer market.

4. Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann (120,000,000 €)

The two most expensive purchases in the history of Barcelona: Coutinho was purchased in January 2018 for 120 million euros from Liverpool then winner of the UEFA Champions League, Griezmann (World champion in 2018 with France) was purchased by rivals of Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2019 with the payment of the termination clause and not without controversy.

3. Joao Felix (126.000.000 €)

In the same summer in which Atletico Madrid sold Griezmann, the Colchoneros "consoled" with the purchase of Joao Felix, considered, rightly, the direct heir of CR7 as a leading man of the Portuguese national team, purchased for the beauty of 126 million euros from Benfica.

2. Kylian Mbappé (135,000,000 €)

Kylian Mbappé is considered the best talent in the world and an absolute star of football. First winner of the Kopa Trophy in 2018, world champion in 2018 with France and best young man of the 2018 football world championship, these are just some of the individual titles that this 1998-class player has obtained.His transfer from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain in 2018 (in 2017 he moved on loan from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain) make it the most expensive transfer ever for a teenager.

1. Neymar (222,000,000 €)

In the summer of 2017 the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain shocked the whole world, not only for a completely unexpected change of team of the player, but above all for the cost of the operation: 222 million euros! 

Price that is destined to remain the highest ever paid for a footballer for many years to come!