Football is slowly becoming a mad money sport as far as the value of transfers is concerned. When Zinadine Zidane broke the transfer fee records in 2001 when he moved from Juventus to Real Madrid for £46m the world was left reeling in shock. A lot has happened since then and the sheer amounts of money that players go for these days will leave one with their mouth gaping open. The transfer season has already seen records get broken
- Jordan Pickford
The young goalkeeper endured a horrid season at Sunderland but surprised many when he moved to Everton this summer for a cool £30 million.
- Michael Keane
The former Manchester United youngster has grown tremendously since he left the Old Trafford outfit to the extent that Everton paid £26m for his services from Burnley.
- Theo Hernandez
The former Atletico Madrid man has moved to the European Champions club for £27m this transfer season.
- Victor Lindelof
Having been a subject of transfer speculation from United for quite a while Victor Lindelof finally secured his dream move to United but it came at a hefty price for a defender, Benfica received £30m.
- Andre Silva
AC Milan had to fork out £33 million to secure the services of the talismanic striker who has scored 41 goals since he made his debut for the senior Porto side 2 years ago.
- Ederson
The Brazilian born goalkeeper broke goalkeeper transfer records when he moved to Manchester City from Benfica for a prize of £35.5 million to make him the most expensive goalkeeper in history.
- Corentin Tollso
This 23-year-old French man has moved to Bayern Munich from Lyon for £37 million breaking Bayern Munich’s transfer record in the process
- Mohammed Salah
The former Roma man has joined Liverpool for a fee of £37m and will be looking to partner up with Coutinho and Mane in their push for a title.
- Bernado Silva
Manchester City added Bernado Silva to their ranks by paying Monaco £44m for the services of the attacking midfielder.
- Alexandre Lacazette
£46m from Lyon to Arsenal