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• Club: Chelsea (England, London)
• Team: Spain
• Income:$21 million
• Salary + bonuses:$16 million
• Advertising:$5 million
• Sponsors: Puma Beats by Dre

Cesc Fabrega (Full name - Francesc Fabregas y Soule) - Spanish footballer, midfielder for the English club Chelsea and the Spanish national team was born on May 4, 1987, in Arenys de Mar, Spain.

Fabregas signed a 5-year contract with Chelsea in 2014, which will earn him $15 million annually. In winter, the Chinese club Jiangsu Suning made an offer to the football player, even agreeing to double his salary, but received no answer.

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• Club: Chelsea (England, London)
• Team: Belgium
• Income:$22 million
• Salary + bonuses:$18 million
• Advertising:$4 million
• Sponsors: Nike, Topps, Lotus Bakeries

Eden Hazard is a Belgian midfielder. Born in La Louviere.

Hazard played for the youth (U-15, U-16, U-17, U-19) national teams of Belgium. AT national team He made his debut at the age of 17 on November 19, 2008 in a friendly match with the Luxembourgers.

Last year, the Belgian midfielder signed a five and a half year contract with Chelsea. According to Forbes, Chelsea pay Hazard $16 million a year, which ensured that he got into the ranking of the highest paid football players in the world. In addition, he has current contract with the Chinese company Sina Sports, with the manufacturer of sports cards Topps, as well as with the confectionery Lotus Bakeries.

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• Club:"Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Team: Uruguay
• Income:$23 million
• Salary + bonuses:$18 million
• Advertising:$5 million
• Sponsors: Adidas, Pepsi, Abitab

Luis Suarez is a Uruguayan striker. Born in the city of Salto.

Luis is a graduate of the Nacional club, with whom he signed his first professional contract in 2005. Moved to Barcelona in 2014, after the World Cup in Brazil.

Suárez earned a spot in the top three in FIFA with 51 goals (three more than the eventual winner Messi) and 22 assists (the same as Messi). Therefore, with the exception of Messi, Suarez remains the highest paid player in his team.

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• Club: Manchester City (Manchester, England)
• Team: Argentina
• Income:$24 million
• Salary + bonuses:$17 million
• Advertising:$7 million
• Sponsors: Puma, Pepsi, EA Sports

Sergio Aguero (Cun Aguero) is one of the most successful Argentine footballers. The athlete made his debut in the game for the national team when he was only 15 years old, thereby breaking the record of Diego Maradona himself.

In 2014, Manchester City extended the contract with the former son-in-law of the legendary Diego Maradona until 2019. After that, he announced that he plans to end his career at home club Independiente. In the same year, Kun, as Aguero is called in his homeland, released his autobiography, Born to Grow.

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• Club: Manchester United (Manchester, England)
• Team: England
• Income:$26 million
• Salary + bonuses:$20 million
• Advertising:$6 million
• Sponsors: Nike Harper Collins

This is a player who has long been one of the brightest stars of British football. He is fast, technical and very smart, which allows him to always be exactly in those places on the field where he is really needed.

In 2014, the English striker signed a new five-year contract with Manchester United. Under the terms of the contract, Rooney will play for Manchester United until 2019 and earn $ 105 million during this time. But his 12-year sponsorship with Harper Collins is coming to an end. Last year, Rooney became an ambassador for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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• Club: Real Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
• Team: Wales
• Income:$34 million
• Salary + bonuses:$24 million
• Advertising:$10 million
• Sponsors: Adidas, BT Sport, Sony Xperia

Gareth Bale, who is called the most talented Welsh footballer of recent years, was born in the capital of Wales, Cardiff. Already at the age of nine, the left-footed defender was noticed by Southampton scouts and began training at one of the affiliated academies of this club.

Gareth Bale made his debut for the Wales national team on 27 May 2006 at the age of 16 years 315 days, becoming the youngest player to wear a Welsh national team shirt.

In 2014, Bale was nearly $11 million richer than a year earlier by signing a 6-year, $35 million deal with Adidas. Android.

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• Team: Brazil
• Income:$36 million
• Salary + bonuses:$14 million
• Advertising:$22 million
• Sponsors: Nike, Rexona, Clear, Panasonic

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior was born on February 5, 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes. In 2009, the striker made his debut for Brazil U17, scoring a goal in his first match!

The Brazilian footballer earns more on the image in advertising than playing in Barcelona. In this he looks like David Beckham. The difference is that Neymar is only 24 years old and has been receiving advertising contacts even before the peak of his playing career.

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• Club: Paris Saint-Germain (Paris, France)
• Team: Sweden
• Income:$37 million
• Salary + bonuses:$30 million
• Advertising:$7 million
• Sponsors: Nike, Volvo, Vitamin Well

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish football player of Bosnian-Croat origin who plays as a striker for the Swedish national team, of which he is the captain. Considered one of the most unpredictable and skilled strikers of his generation. The Guardian ranked Ibrahimovic as the third best player in the world in 2013. According to the Swedish magazine Dagens Nyheter, Zlatan was ranked second on the list. top athletes states of all times.

Winner of the "Golden Boot" -2012, four times got into the team of the year according to UEFA.

For Ibrahimovic, this season at PSG will be his last, and the 34-year-old could change teams in June, perhaps returning to his old club Inter and then Major League Soccer. Meanwhile, Nike extended his contract until 2019. In addition, Ibrahimovic plans to make a film about himself and launches a new fragrance named after himself - Zlatan.

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• Club: Barcelona (Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Team: Argentina
• Income:$77 million
• Salary + bonuses:$51 million
• Advertising:$26 million
• Sponsors: Adidas, Gatorade, Lays, EA Sports

The famous Argentine footballer of the Spanish "Barcelona" and the youngest captain of the national team.

In January, Messi was named the best player in the world in 2015. Successful not only on the field, he continues to enter into lucrative advertising contracts - the Turkish Airlines ad in which he starred with basketball player Kobe Bryant was recognized best video decades on YouTube. In addition, he took part in the Unicef ​​program, which provides access to education for children from all over the world.

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• Club: Real Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
• Team: Portugal
• Income:$82 million
• Salary + bonuses:$53 million
• Advertising:$29 million
• Sponsors: Nike, Tag Heuer, Herbalife, Clear For Men, Pestana Hotel Group

The most expensive player in the history of football - for his transfer from the English "Manchester United" to "Real" was paid 80 million pounds. The best scorer in the history of the Portuguese national team (55 goals). Considered one of the best football players of our time. Officially recognized by the PFF as the best player in the history of Portuguese football

Cristiano was born in the family of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and Jose Dinis Aveiro on February 5, 1985. The second name given to Cristiano at birth, Ronaldo, is quite rare for Portugal. The parents named the boy after Ronald Reagan, as Cristiano's father was a fan of the then American president.

Named the best player of FIFA three times last year, he also won the Golden Boot award as the most productive player at home. continental league 2014/2015. Off the field, he was recognized as the most recognizable athlete in the world. He also managed to act in documentary, advertised new Nike models and launched his fragrance in collaboration with Eden Parfums. He also has a 6-year, $40 million contract with billionaire Peter Lim and his company Catpital, which owns XTrade and Turk Telecom, has not yet expired.

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Football is one of the most popular sports games in Russia and in the world, whose participants are deservedly considered one of the highest paid athletes on the planet. The owners of sports clubs are interested in strengthening their team, making it capable of winning all the trophies of world tournaments, so they do not spare money to buy a good player. Contracts can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. We learned which athletes have become the most expensive football players in the world.

The top 10 most expensive players in the world are opened by Neymar Junior, nicknamed Magrelo, a 27-year-old footballer from Brazil. From the age of 17 he played for his native Santos, in 2011 he received the FIFA Award for the most beautiful goal named after Ferenc Puskas. Currently, he is a striker for the Brazilian national team, as well as the French Paris Saint-Germain.

It is considered the most expensive football player on the planet - his transfer cost the PSG club in 2017 € 222 million.

Neymar is a titled record holder and Olympic champion

According to the British TV channel Sky Sports, the player planned to spend five years in the team, receiving a salary of €30 million a year. However, there have recently been reports that the star is considering a move to Manchester United.

Before that, Magrelo, who played for Barcelona, ​​turned down a financially tempting offer to move to Real Madrid (Madrid), because he knew that this would be negatively perceived by the fans.

According to Sportsdaily, in the event of his new transfer to another club, the contract will start at a price of 229 million euros.

Lionel Messi

Thirty-two-year-old Argentine Lionel Messi, who began his career in youth team Spanish "Barcelona" in 2000, by 2012 has become one of the brightest names in world football. The current captain and striker of the famous club has received four Golden Balls and scored 86 goals in 66 matches, breaking the record of striker Gerd Müller (Germany), which lasted 40 years.

Messi in the Argentina national team Olympic champion 2008 in China

Young Englishman Harry Kane is one of the most promising and talented forwards in the world. The statistics of the tournaments in which he took part are impressive: in attack, he demonstrates a unique game.

25-year-old Harry Kane began his football career at the age of 18 playing for the London team Tottenham Hotspur. Gradual but steady professional growth led him to brilliant performance - in December 2017, the striker scored 39 goals in 36 games, and in total at the end of the year he scored 56 goals in 52 matches, which exceeded the achievement of Lionel Messi in this indicator.

Harry Kane began playing football professionally as an adult, but achieved impressive results

Such serious contenders as Manchester United and Real Madrid would like to see him in their ranks. However, it will cost a lot - according to Basetop, the owners will have to pay 194.7 million euros for his transfer to any of the clubs.

Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappé is a Cameroonian-born French Footballer who holds many prestigious titles. He is one of the most promising young athletes on the planet.

The start of his football career took place in the semi-professional club Bondi, which, by the age of 17, led Mbappe to the championship in the French championship and the title of world football prodigy. After 2 years, by the summer of 2017, Real Madrid, London's Arsenal, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain wanted to see him in the ranks of their teams, on which the young striker chose.

Mbappe is the world champion and the best young player of the world championship 2018

His transfer from Monaco, for which the striker played, cost the PSG club 180 million euros. And this is the second largest, actually accomplished deal for the loan of an athlete from another team by the club.

The Sports portal reports that the cost of transferring an athlete to another club will cost the owners no less than 200 million euros.

Dele Alli

The path of the twenty-three-year-old Englishman of Nigerian origin to the world football elite was not easy and thorny. The love of this sport and the lack of money for full-fledged training forced him to play in the Sunday league until the age of 11, spending all his savings on it. He played in MK Dons, and performances often brought him fines, and sometimes suspension for several games.

Failures and mistakes did not break the athlete: he drew conclusions and continued his path to professional improvement

The result was the transfer of a talented midfielder in 2015 to Tottenham Hotspur. Per new club Dele came out against the Red Devils but returned to his home team at the end of the season. According to various estimates, the current value of the contract with him is about 171.3 million euros.

For the current Juventus striker sports commentators and reporters spare no epithets with superlatives, calling him a diamond of modern football and a star scorer. Goalkeeper scourge and fan favorite Dybala delivers on his goals against opponents. The 26-year-old Argentine started his career in the youth team of Instituto, in 2012 he began to play for the Sicilian Palermo as a striker. The performance of Paulo Dybala attracted the attention of the Juventus management to him, where in 2015 he agrees to transfer for €32 million.

In the team, the footballer was called "u picciriddu", which translates as "baby"

His distinguishing feature- high achievements in football, among which the victory in the Super Bowl and the three-time title in Serie A stand out.

Today, it will be possible to achieve his transfer to a new club for no less than 97 million euros.

The French footballer, who is today the striker of the French national team and the Atlético Madrid club, changed 3 teams until the age of 14 and only in 2009 made his debut in professional sports, playing for the Spanish "Real Sociedad". The young striker scored significant goals, and since 2013 has become the recognized leader of the team. In 2014, he did not sign a new contract proposed by his native club, but moved to Atlético Madrid, who bought out the contract with the athlete for €30 million.

At the European Championship in 2016, speaking for the national team, Antoine was recognized as the top scorer and player of the championship

According to Sportsdaily, the current value of Griezmann's contract is 126 million euros.

A twenty-five-year-old hereditary footballer from Belgium is today a striker for the national team and the Manchester United club. At the age of 11, he joined the youth team of Lierse, 76 goals in 34 matches - this was his result by the age of 12. Played at 14 youth team Anderlecht U-19, and by the time he graduated from school, he was in the first team.

The Golden Boot was his prize as top scorer countries in the first playing professional season in 2017

Lukaku moved from Everton Liverpool to Manchester United, setting a kind of British football record - the transfer of an athlete cost the club £ 75 million. Today, those who want to see him in their team will have to pay € 113 for a contract.

The football player from Egypt has established himself as a virtuoso player, playing at home for the Arab Contractors club from the age of 10, and at 19 he joined its main team. In 2012, he moved to the Swiss Basel, in 2014 he put on a blue Chelsea shirt. Then there were games for Fiorentina, Roma and Liverpool.

In 2017, Mohammed Sallah won silver at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon

The Liverpool striker will be worth at least €168m today, according to Sportsdaily.

The central midfielder of Manchester United and a member of the main national team is the Frenchman Paul Pogba. He started in the children's team of Roissy-en-Brie, then in Trsy and Le Havre. In 2009, he became a player of the famous Manchester United, and in 2011 he left him to play for Juventus. In 2016, the Manchester club regained a talented player by paying a record €105 million for the transfer.

Pogba has been playing football since he was 6

Basetop reports that today the value of the contract with Paul Pogba is estimated at 147.5 million euros.

talent and sports achivments footballers have a specific price. Leading sports clubs of the world are ready to pay fabulous money to make it possible to transfer a high-scoring player to their team. The contracts are worth hundreds of millions of euros. Today, the leadership is held by Neymar, whose transfer cost €222 million.

The top clubs in world football continue to spend “cosmic money” on player transfers, and today the most expensive player is already worth as much as € 222 million. The purpose of such expensive purchases is to make your team the strongest and most invincible, in order to ultimately compete for the main club trophies in the world.

For example, Real Madrid, almost every year, lays out a huge amount of funds for the acquisition of one football player. So, the “royal” club has more than once surpassed its own transfer record. Back in 2001, Madrid bought Zinedine Zidane for € 75,000,000, which at that time seemed like a lot of money. The Spanish giant did not stop there, and a few years later, he loudly announced himself again, having bought, first, Cristiano Ronaldo for € 94,000,000, and then Gareth Bale for € 100,800,000.

But clubs do not always pay exactly the amount that a player is worth. Often, teams simply overpay in order to get a certain player. If the teams bought players based on the prices set by the reputable site Transfermarkt, then there would be practically no sensational purchases. But in real conditions, no one pays attention to prices higher than the presented source, and the purchase and sale of players takes place according to different rules.

1. Junior Neymar (Barcelona > PSG) - € 222,000,000;
2. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco > PSG) - € 145,000,000 + 35,000,000;
3. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool>Barcelona) - € 120,000,000 + 40,000,000;
4. Ousmane Dembele (Borussia D> Barcelona) - € 105,000,000 + 45,000,000;
5. Eden Hazard (Chelsea > Real Madrid) - € 100,000,000 + 46,000,000;
6. Joao Felix (Benfica>Atletico M) - € 126,000,000;
7. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico M > Barcelona) - € 120,000,000;
8. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid > Juventus) - € 117,000,000;
9. Paul Pogba (Juventus>Manchester United) - €105,000,000;
10. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur > Real Madrid) €100,800,000

And now for the transfer of each player in more detail.

10 most expensive football players in the world

The average cost of top players has increased significantly in recent years, which is especially noticeable in the above list. Basically, the most expensive transfers in the history of football took place in 2017, and it is quite possible that they will be surpassed in the near future, and the world will once again see a sensational transfer.

Neymar (Barcelona to PSG for €222m)

The news of Neymar's transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain has become a real world sensation. The Parisian club had to pay the Catalan giants a record €222 million to get one of the the best players modernity. In the end, everything went well last month close of the summer transfer window 2017, and Neymar officially became the most expensive player in the world.

By signing Brazilian striker, PSG seriously announced its intentions to enter the elite of European football. France's Ligue 1 is now ranked 5th among the best European leagues and with the rise of a global mega star like Neymar, the Parisian club could bring more attention to the league and finally make it to the UEFA Champions League by becoming the winner of this tournament.

Kylian Mbappé (Monaco to PSG for €145+35m)

Paris Saint-Germain did not stop at buying Neymar, and in last days the functioning of the summer transfer window made another sensational purchase, which, as a result, became the second in our top. We are talking about the young Kylian Mbappe, who had an amazing season at Monaco. The 18-year-old striker played as well as other world football stars and helped his club become the first in the championship, as well as reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

During the summer, a row of buyers lined up on Mbappe, consisting of the giants of European football. They wanted to lure the promising striker to their club Real, Barcelona, ​​PSG, Arsenal. There were a lot of rumors, but the player remained at the location of the Monegasques until the last, and only at the end of August, PSG officially announced that Mbappe now belongs to them. For the server great expectations the French striker, the Parisians had to pay Monaco about € 145 million, plus there will be additional bonuses.

Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool to Barcelona for €120+40m)

In 2013, Coutinho moved to Liverpool from Milan, and quickly adapted to football in the Premier League, earning the respect and love of the Merseyside fans. Philippe is a versatile player and can play as a winger, playmaker, and even winger. The Brazilian is famous for his graceful passes through defense. He is a very technical player with great dribbling skills, plus he has an excellent long-range shot.

Liverpool tried to the last to keep the star Coutinho at Anfield, but when an offer was received from Barcelona, ​​the player himself expressed a desire to go to Catalonia. Maybe Coutinho did right choice, and in the near future will become the same important player for "blue garnet" like the legendary Andres Iniesta or Lionel Messi.

Ousmane Dembele (Borussia D to Barcelona for €105+45m)

In 2016, 19-year-old Ousmane Dembele moved to Borussia Dortmund from Rennes for €15 million. After playing one season for the "bumblebees", the attacking midfielder has become one of the leaders of the team, as well as the main stars in world football.

Perhaps Dembele would not have moved to Barcelona if the Catalans had bought, for example, Coutinho to replace Neymar. But nevertheless, the transfer took place, and the "blue garnet" had to fork out for € 105 million euros, in addition, the deal provides for various bonuses from Usman's performances. Thus, the German club made good money on the sale of Dembele, although it lost one of the best players in its squad.

Eden Hazard (Chelsea to Real Madrid for €100+46m)

In June 2012, Hazard agreed to a personal contract and signed with Chelsea. At that moment, no one could have thought that the Belgian would turn into such significant figure for a London club. With each season, Eden progressed, after the departure of Didier Drogba, it was he who became the main striking force of the “pensioners”, and not one of the central forwards. Hazard has adapted to a very strong football in the Premier League, he was never afraid to take the game on himself, dribble past 2-3 defenders, not a problem for the Belgian, his technique, dribbling and speed allows it.

Hazard's successful performances for Chelsea attracted the attention of many top clubs in the Old World. The media wooed the striker, then to one or the other team, but the footballer himself assured to the last that he was fine at Stamford Bridge. And yet, a key upheaval in the player’s career happened in June 2019. Real Madrid managed to sign a contract with Hazard, although this transfer was expensive for the "creamy". The first tranche amounted to 100 million euros and another 46 million Chelsea received in the form of bonuses for the successful performances of the Belgian.

Joao Felix (Benfica to Atlético Madrid for €126m)

The world learned about this young boy only in the 2018-2019 season. Young Joao Felix spent a mega-successful season in his native Benfica and was immediately followed by a queue of their rich clubs. During the season, the striker played 43 matches, scoring 20 goals and making 11 assists. Also in June 2019, the player made his debut for the Portuguese national team. Benfica did not want to let go of their talented pupil for a small amount and bargained to the last. As a result, Atlético Madrid had to fork out for a record-breaking €126 million. The Mattresses had to spend a lot of money to find a long-term replacement for Antoine Griezmann. How the young Felix will show himself in Spain is hard to say. He talented footballer, but not everyone manages to play in the TOP championship at this age. Although La Liga is in the Premier League, football here is not so harsh and the young Portuguese should be able to reveal his full potential, and possibly compete in the goalscoring race with Lionel Messi himself.

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid to Barcelona for €120m)

For almost a couple of years, there was talk about a possible transfer of Griezmann to Barcelona, ​​there were many rumors, and even the French PSG joined the fight for the striker, but the player himself chose the Catalan club. On July 12, 2019, Antoine's transfer to Barça was announced. The Blue Garnets had to pay the Mattress Covers a clause in the amount of 120 million euros. The striker has signed a 5-year contract with Blaugranas. The long-awaited reinforcement has arrived, now Barça have become even stronger, at least in attack for sure. Antoine Griezmann is quite an experienced football player. For 5 seasons in the Madrid club, the striker has become one of the best football players in the world. Griezmann is ready to win new trophies, he still does not have the Champions League Cup in his collection - a tournament in which every player dreams of winning.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid to Juventus for €117m)

As the whole world watched the decisive matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Turin's Juventus and Real Madrid made a big deal. The best player of the "creamy" Cristiano Ronaldo made an unexpected decision for many - to move to Italy and sign a contract with the "Old Signora". Due to the fact that the Portuguese is already 33 years old, the transfer amount was only € 117 million, although if the deal had taken place 3 years ago, the Italian giant would have had to pay at least 200 million euros of currency for CR7. Thus, Ronaldo surpassed his price tag when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid. Recall that then Madrid paid € 94 million for Krish.

Paul Pogba (Juventus to Manchester United for €105m)

Pogba came to the Manchester United academy in 2009, but then, Main coach"Red Devils" Alex Ferguson did not see a potential star in the young Frenchman, and the footballer decided to change the club. Paul became a player in Juventus Turin, where he managed to reveal his abilities and show his incredible talent to the whole world.

Paul Pogba was followed by many top clubs in Europe, including United. After a long transfer saga, the Frenchman's transition to Old Traffor nevertheless took place, and the British had to transfer € 105 million to the Old Lady's account. Thus, in early August 2016, Pogba appeared before the world as the most expensive football player in the world. He costs the same as Ousmane Dembele, however, he took only 4th place in this rating, since additional bonuses are provided for Ousmane.

Gareth Bale (Tottenham to Real Madrid for €100.8m)

The Welsh footballer began his career at Southampton, making his first team debut at the age of 16. Bale looked like a very promising player and Tottenham did not miss the opportunity to sign the young talent of Wales.

In the London team, Gareth gradually turned into one of the best football players of our time, and attracted attention from other clubs. In 2013, Gareth Bale became a Real Madrid player who cost the Royal Club €100.8 million.

Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli to Real Madrid for €90m)

A superb season at Napoli forced Juventus to sign Gonzalo Higuain, who failed to show his talent at Real Madrid a few years ago. In the 2015/16 season, the Argentine striker scored 36 goals, becoming the top scorer in the history of Serie A. The Turin club did not spare € 90 million for such a productive striker, and Napoli, in turn, did not interfere with this transition.

Several interesting facts on record transfers:

• Ousmane Dembele is the most expensive transfer in the history of Barcelona;
• Gareth Bale is the most expensive football player in Britain;
• Kylian Mbappe is the most expensive young player;
• Shanghai SIPG is the club that made the most expensive purchase outside of Europe (Oscar transfer).
• Paul Pogba is the most expensive transfer in Manchester United history.

Everyone knows that football clubs are willing to pay a lot of money for talented and eminent players. Experienced craftsmen and promising prospects in the team justify the high costs, leading the club to victory. The article presents the most dear footballers in the world– 10 players for whom football clubs have paid the biggest sums in history.

1. Paul Pogba

Tall and lean, French midfielder Paul Pogba has come a long way despite his relatively young age. Repeatedly playing in the national team, Pogba loudly declared himself to the entire football community as a "new star". Playing for the well-known football clubs Manchester United and Juvestus, Paul proved to be an excellent midfielder and, at the slightest opportunity, sent the ball straight into the opponents' goal. The fame of a promising athlete was ahead of him, and the stakes for his participation did not stop growing. To date, Manchester United have returned the Frenchman under their wing, paying Juventus 105 million euros. This is a record amount that has made the French player the most expensive player in the history of football.

The second place among the most expensive football players in the world belongs to Gareth Bale. The Welsh winger makes opponents tense as soon as he enters the field. The football player is famous for his great speed and excellent reaction, moving at lightning speed across the field. From childhood, Gareth firmly decided that he would become professional football player and kept his word. Love for sports, excitement and training did their job: Bale quickly began to be noticed and recognized for his speed and powerful blows. As part of the Welsh national team, Bale also performed well, even when very difficult times came. In 2013, Real Madrid invited the Welshman to join their ranks for €100.8 million, and this acquisition was not in vain: the following year, he spectacularly scored the decisive goal against Barcelona!

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is the legendary superstar of the Real Madrid club. A native of Portugal managed to quickly show others what he is worth. The combination of speed, power, maneuverability and extraordinary accuracy clearly distinguished the Portuguese striker. Having crossed the threshold of Madrid after leaving Manchester United, Cristiano proved that he is truly a "football genius". He holds the club record for the most goals scored, and a record of 94.4 million euros for the transfer made the football player one of the most expensive in the world! It should be noted that many of the goals decided the outcome of the meeting! Named after Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, Cristiano Ronaldo has been passionate about football since childhood, confident that he could achieve great things. Indeed, the 2016 championship in France brought him gold, once again proving to fans and sponsors where a lot of money goes.

Say what you like, but the Argentine striker, who plays for the Juventus club and is part of the Argentina national team, is a very promising player. Gonzalo's father and older brother were also footballers, so the boy had a love for this sport in his blood. Born in France, Higuain moved with his parents to Argentina, where he began an amateur career, and then moved to the professional arena. By winning silver at the 2014 World Championships, Higuain made people pay attention to himself. He began his career at the River Plate club, but soon top football clubs began to fight for a skilled striker. In 2016, Gonzalo Higuain became the fourth most expensive football player in history - he moved to Juventus from Napoli for 90 million euros.

Uruguayan striker Luis Alberto Suarez Diaz is rightfully considered one of the most powerful strikers. This player with the speaking nickname "Shooter" as if from a cannon "fires" at the enemy's goal, leading the goalkeepers into confusion. Louis is the owner of the "gold" of the America's Cup in 2011, which once again emphasizes his professional skills. After scoring four goals, the footballer rightfully began to be considered the best scorer that he had ever played in the Uruguayan national team. Despite the rather scandalous behavior (Suarez has repeatedly bit opponents on the field), the Uruguayan remains an experienced professional, for whom Barcelona paid 88 million euros in 2014. This amount allowed him to take 5th place in the ranking of the most expensive football players in the world.

The top ten most expensive football players in the world include Colombian James David Rodriguez Rubio, now playing for Real Madrid. The football player has come a thorny path to world fame. A talented player was noticed by serious organizations a long time ago, but few were going to offer a substantial amount for him. As a result, the young man nevertheless left to play in Porto for 5 million, and more than justified all investments. The career of Rodriguez, nicknamed "James Bond", was rapidly going up. The football player has long been part of the Colombian national team, and his presence in the team is a big "plus": James simply shone at the 2014 World Cup, earning the title of "top scorer" after six goals scored. The contract with the Colombian cost Real Madrid 79.5 million euros.

Argentine Angel Fabian Di Maria Hernandez, started his professional career in football club Rosario Central, but two years later he was in the national team. Of course, such a step gave the young athlete a huge incentive for growth and improvement. Having won gold medal At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Angel once again convinced the world that he had both the talent and the desire to perform well. His winning goals decided the outcome of the meeting with the national teams of the Netherlands and Nigeria. In 2014, Manchester United paid 75 million euros for a football player, which is the seventh most expensive football transfer in history.

Zinedine Yazid Zidane, nicknamed “Zizou”, is a real veteran of the sport and one of the players for whom the largest sums were paid. More specifically, in 2001, Real Madrid bought the player for 75 million euros. Despite the fact that the age of the former player has long exceeded the 40-year mark, Zidane is still an active and gambling athlete. With a rich career, this man has had plenty of time to play for the best super clubs, and now he has taken up a special position at Real Madrid. Surprisingly, Zidane is not only former player, but also as the head coach of the team, passing on his rich sports experience. Speaking about personal achievements, it is worth noting that the Frenchman won "gold" at the World and European Championships, as well as "silver" and "bronze". In 2016, under the competent leadership of Zinedine, his team won the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup.

The ninth line in the top 10 most expensive football players in history is Kevin de Bruyne. The young attacking midfielder from Belgium boasts an enviable record despite his young age. At home, Kevin is a real star, a guy who has managed to achieve great heights. Of course, such a talented football player could not pass by the national team: De Bruyne repeatedly defended the honor of the country in world and European tournaments. After long wanderings around the Belgian and German clubs, the athlete finally achieved what he wanted - he ended up in Manchester City. His transfer cost the club 74 million euros (a rare "acquisition"), but he was willing to pay for this money to get a promising player. Soon Kevin de Bruyne became the leader of the team.

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The list of the most expensive transfers in the history of world football immediately reveals a number of patterns. Firstly, the top 11 includes only players from the creative group - four attacking midfielders and seven attackers. Secondly, the most expensive deals are always made between seasons, with the only exception being Fernando Torres' winter move to Chelsea, which may be part of the reason why the Spaniard was not able to immediately adapt to the team's game. Thirdly, in the first roles in the ranks of bottomless wallets, Spanish superclubs - Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​who bought 7 out of 11 players on the list. French clubs hit money on South American forwards this summer, and two more places are occupied by Torres mentioned above and transferred to Zenit (how could it be without a Russian club?). Fourthly, Italian clubs sell their players more successfully than others, with all four Italian sales in the top five of the list. Finally, one cannot fail to note the complete absence of German clubs in the ranking - they do not sell profitably, but they do not spend insanely much either.

1. From Tottenham to Real Madrid, € 100 million 2013

"Our response to Chamberlain" is Real Madrid's reaction to the transfer of Neymar to Barcelona. It took a resounding transition for the "Royal Club" to fill the information field that belonged to the Brazilian newcomer of the blue garnets at the beginning of the summer. Bale's transition took an incredibly long time, and given that English and Spanish journalists are some of the most sneaky in the world, more and more details of the impending (No, already completed! No, still under preparation!) deal were constantly thrown into the press. From a sporting point of view, the need for Bale for Real Madrid is doubtful - the Welshman plays in the same position as. As for the financial side, then for a long time any successful and inexpensive transfer in Europe will be correlated with Bale. For example, Bale is five Jesus Navas. Or 11 Carlos Tevez.

2. from Manchester United to Real Madrid, € 90 million 2009

This transition was inevitable - the most glamorous football player in the world had to be in the most glamorous club in the world. The crazy money invested by Real Madrid in the purchase of Ronaldo has long been paid off not only by his achievements, but also by marketing. The Real Madrid fans survived relatively painlessly even the change of the Portuguese number to the seven, under which Raul, the absolute idol of the Royal Club fans, performed for many years. In the last one and a half to two years, Manchester City, PSG, Monaco, and Manchester United have shown interest in Ronaldo, but the amount of compensation of € 200 million scares, it seems, even the Russian-Arabic-French nouveaux riches . And for less money, President Perez will not give up the main pearl of his team, even under pain of death.

3. from Juventus to Real Madrid, € 73.5 million 2002

If the transition of Ronaldo, quite likely, pursued marketing goals along with football ones, then the call of Zidane under the flag of the Galacticos was mainly a sporting necessity. "Real" then needed a player who dispersed attacks, and when this club needs someone, Madrid are not going to skimp - only to buy. For a long time, the famous Frenchman did not show the bewitching game that fans and experts expected from him, there was talk that Zizu was under pressure from the amount of his transfer, but in the end he paid off his transition with a single blow - a stunningly beautiful volley in the Champions League final with "Bayer", for a long time included in the screensaver of the main club tournament Europe. By the way, Juventus was not particularly offended by the transition: the proceeds helped the leadership of the “old lady” to lure Gianluigi Buffon for more than € 50 million.

4., from Inter to Barcelona, ​​€ 69.5 million in 2009

While Real Madrid were signing a contract with Ronaldo, Barcelona decided to keep up with the main rival and shelled out almost € 70 million for one of the main bad fights of modern football. Interestingly, if the most expensive newcomer in the history of the Catalan club suddenly decided to work out his contract to the end, then his agreement would be valid for another year - it ended in the summer of 2014, but the Swede has since managed to play for Milan and Paris Saint Germain. From Barcelona, ​​Ibrahimovic, who did not work even a third of his value, left with scandals: having quarreled with Guardiola and offended by Messi, calling himself a hostage to the desires of the Argentinean. Since then, Barça have decided - only cantera. So or .

5., from Milan to Real Madrid, € 65 million 2009

Probably no one remembers already, but the transfer of Kaka from Milan to Real was no less loud than the transfer of Ronaldo, but in the end, the career paths of the Portuguese and the Brazilian developed completely differently. Kaka has not yet found himself in Real Madrid, for the third year in a row he has been unsuccessfully sold to Milan, Manchester City or any other club by all the newspapers of the world and dreams of playing time at least in some stable position on the field. In many ways, the Madrid period of the Brazilian midfielder's career was crumpled by a left knee injury, because of it, Kaka missed half of the second season, which could have been a breakthrough in the team. But he didn't.

6., from Napoli to Paris Saint-Germain, € 64.5 million in 2013

Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis quickly navigated the changes big money conditions of the transfer market and repeated daily that he would release Cavani only for the prescribed amount of compensation. De Laurentiis did not care much about where his team's main star would continue his career - in England, France or Russia, he sarcastically stated that Manchester City had dropped out of the race for Cavani, as they were not ready to pay big money. In the end, everything turned out to be trite - Cavani followed former partner Ezequiel Lavezzi, and Napoli received a lot of money with which you can buy, perhaps, all the strikers of the championship of Cavani's native Uruguay at once. Even the beginning of Cavani's presentation at PSG dragged on for two hours, as the Parisians tried to bring down the price a little to the last, but de Laurentiis was unshakable.

7., from Atlético to Monaco, € 60 million 2013

Falcao and Cavani are doomed to eternal comparisons in the new season. The Uruguayan stamped goals for Napoli, and the Colombian dragged Atlético to the Champions League on his powerful shoulders, and when the club became third, Radamel, considering the job done, went to the camp of the ambitious newcomers of League 1. Falcao cost the Monegasques almost € 5 million cheaper, but this does not mean that Monaco has better negotiators - both went to new clubs after the release clauses were activated. Note that Falcao remained the most expensive transfer in the history of Ligue 1, however, given the ambitions and plans of PSG and Monaco, it is quite possible that in a year the Colombian will even fall out of the top three.

8., from Barcelona to Real Madrid, € 60 million 2000

Figo became part of the "galactic" composition of "Real" at the beginning of the century, however, in this transfer, it is not so much the amount that is remarkable as the circumstances of the transition. The Portuguese moved to Real Madrid from Barcelona, ​​​​and the fans of the Catalan club, to put it mildly, did not approve of this move. As a result, the transfer led to one of the brightest events in the history of Clasico, when the match in Barcelona was almost disrupted - Figo, who was taking corners, was attacked by coins prepared by the fans, glasses, lighters and even a pig's head, which landed a few meters from former idol Barcelona public.

Barcelona fans

9., from Liverpool to Chelsea, € 58.5 million 2011

The striker's move into the winter deadline of the 2010/11 season caused a reaction in Liverpool similar to the transfer of Figo - Torres' jerseys were burning everywhere, and the football player's family was cursed to the seventh knee. As a result, Liverpool, as it turned out, concluded almost the best deal in history, since Torres' game at Chelsea is still far from the amount paid. The only pity is that the proceeds of the money the Reds mediocrely invested in Andy Carroll.

10. , from Santos to Barcelona, ​​€ 57 million 2013

The saga called "Neymar is leaving. No, it remains until the World Cup. No, he's leaving. No, not to Barcelona. No, it’s leaving” lasted more than a year, but ended happily. Neymar restored the balance of ethnic Brazilians, shaken with the departure of Alcantara, and took his 11th number, and the player's prospects in Europe in general and in Barcelona in particular have yet to be assessed. If it doesn't work out, Ibrahimovic knows why it can happen.

11. , from Porto to Zenit, € 55 million 2012

The appearance of the Brazilian in the St. Petersburg club increased Zenith's marketing income, but from a sports point of view, the first year of the football player in the new team was not very successful. Hulk, who came to Zenit as an absolute star, faced alienation from some Russian players blue-white-blue, often pulled the blanket over himself, earned the dubious fame of a player falling at every opportunity, but also scored a few important balls. It was worth it for him to move to Russia, if only for the sake of being in the headlines European press appeared something like the June "Real" wants to rent from "Zenith" Hulk "- it sounds, you see, funny.