Football transfer price tags just seem to be skyrocketing non-stop, and three transfers in 2019 alone have already made it into all-time top 10 list
Every summer, there seems to be a new record-breaking transfer, with the prices rising exponentially over the last couple of years in particular.
Harry Maguire broke the world record as the most expensive defender of all-time, while Eden Hazard completed a blockbuster move from Chelsea to Real Madrid – and Goal has rounded up the top 10 most expensive transfers of all-time in 2019.
Joao Felix’s €126 million move from Benfica to Atletico Madrid was the most lucrative transfer of the summer, and is third in the all-time most expensive transfers list.
Barcelona‘s long-awaited coup of Antoine Griezmann from Atletico checks in at second place, with his price tag costing €120m – just one year after he made the announcement through a very dramatic video that he would be intending to stay Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.
Hazard finally had his childhood dreams of joining Los Blancos realised when he left Chelsea for €100m, though he still isn’t the most expensive Real Madrid player of all-time, as that honour goes to Gareth Bale (€100.8m from Tottenham).
Felix, Griezmann and Hazard’s transfers in 2019 all broke into the top 10 most expensive list of all-time.
Maguire surpassed Virgil van Dijk as the most expensive defender of all-time when Manchester United forked out €87.1m for his services from Leicester. The England international got his Premier League career at Old Trafford to a strong start, beating Chelsea 4-0, but the Red Devils failed to keep a clean sheet in their next three games.
Romelu Lukaku completed a surprise transfer to Inter from Man Utd for €80m after failing to recoup the form he was enjoying in his debut season in Manchester.
Arsenal were busy this summer, and completed the high-profile signing of Nicolas Pepe from Lille for €79m , smashing their transfer record to sign the Ivory Coast international.
Though Barcelona briefly flirted with purchasing Ajax starlet Matthijs de Ligt – they had already secured his former team-mate Frenkie De Jong for €75m – Juventus swooped in on the Netherlands defender for the same price, just a year after spending a blockbuster €100m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
Luka Jovic rounds out the top 10 list, his move from Frankfurt to Real Madrid costing €70m.
Read the full list of the most expensive football transfers of all-time.
Top 10 most expensive football transfers of all-time in 2019
| Pos. | Player | Clubs | Year | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joao Felix | Benfica – Atletico Madrid | 2019 | €126m |
| 2 | Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid – Barcelona | 2019 | €120m |
| 3 | Eden Hazard | Chelsea – Real Madrid | 2019 | €100m (+€40m) |
| 4 | Harry Maguire | Leicester City – Manchester United | 2019 | €87.1m |
| 5 | Lucas Hernandez | Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich | 2019 | €80m |
| 6 | Romelu Lukaku | Manchester United – Inter | 2019 | €80m |
| 7 | Nicolas Pepe | Lille – Arsenal | 2019 | €79m |
| 8 | Matthijs de Ligt | Ajax – Juventus | 2019 | €75m (+€10.5m) |
| 9 | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax – Barcelona | 2019 | €75m |
| 10 | Luka Jovic | Frankfurt – Real Madrid | 2019 | €70m |
Correct as of September 13, 2019.
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