Top 5 Most Expensive Treansfers In Football History

Transfers: The concept of a football transfer first came into existence in England after the Football Association (FA) introduced player registration sometime after 1885.

Before that, a player could agree to play one or more games for any football club. After the FA recognized professionalism in 1885, it sought to control professional players by introducing a player registration system. Players had to register with a club each season, even if he remained with the same club from the season before. A player was not allowed to play until he was registered for that season. Once a player was registered with a club, he was not allowed to be registered with or play for another club during the same season without the permission of the FA and the club that held his registration. The players however, were free to join another club before the start of each season, even if their former club wished to retain them.

Here is the list of the top 5 most expensive transfers in football

!. Gareth Bale

Welsh footballer with tremendous speed, great crossing ability, a great left foot and exceptional physical qualities.
On 1 September 2013, Bale was transferred to Real Madrid for an undisclosed transfer fee. The Spanish press and Real Madrid TV reported €91 million, while the English press reported a world record transfer fee of €100 million, which would be above Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer record fee of €94 million.

2. Lius Suarez

The Uruguayan Sensation, after his great performance in World cup 2014, Barcelona Committed to buy him from Liverpool. although he was banned from playing football for 4 month.

Luis Suárez was transferred from Liverpool to Barcelona. Barcelona Pay a huge money for the “Biting Superstar”, they Pay €94.7 to Liverpool FC. which make this transfer the 2nd Most Expensive Transfer in Football History.

3.Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo made history in 2009 when he became the most expensive player in the football history. The Portuguese star player signed a six-year contract with La Liga giant Real Madrid and today has a buy-out clause of nearly one billion euros.
Ronaldo was originally handed the number nine jersey when he join Real Madrid, but in 2010 chose to play with the number seven, now he also known as CR7.

4.James Rodriguez

On Tuesday 22 July 2014 Real Madrid officially announced the signing of Colombian superstar James Rodriguez.
James is now officially fourth most expensive player in soccer history just behind Luis Suarez, Cristiano Ronaldoand Gareth Bale (both Real Madrid) as the Spanish giants have finally got their man.
The 23-year-old has joined the reigning European Champions on a six-year deal for a fee of €70 ($107 million), after taking the World Cup by storm.

5. Zinedine Zidane

retired frinch legend who played as an attacking midfielder for the French national team, Juventus and Real Madrid. Renowned for his elegance, vision and technique. football critics and fans will always remembered his name as the legend of the game.
His 2001 transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid set a world record fee of €75 million.

posted by Jiarui Yang