On Thursday, another official news about the transfer of a player of enormous value resounded in the football world.
From Amsterdam's "Ajax" to Turin's "Juventus", defender Matthijs de Ligt's move to the Italians cost 75 million euros (excluding possible add-ons) and instantly took a significant place in the history of all-time players.
It has been calculated that the 19-year-old will share the 22-24th spots in the most expensive footballers' list, alongside Kevin De Bruyne and Frenkie De Jong.
A step above is the legendary Zinedine Zidane, who became the world record holder in 2001 (77.5 million euros).
List of the most expensive players of all time:
pos. Player Clubs Year Price
1 Neymar Barcelona - PSG 2017 €222m 2 Kylian Mbappe Monaco - PSG 2017 €145m (+€35m) 3 Joao Felix Benfica- Atletico Madrid 2019 €126m 4 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool - Barcelona 2018 €120m (+€40m) 5 Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid - Barcelona 2019 €120m 6 Ousmane Dembele Borussia Dortmund - Barcelona 2017 €105m (+€45m) 7 Paul Pogba Juventus - Manchester United 2016 €105m 8 Gareth Bale Tottenham - Real Madrid 2013 €100.8m =9 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid - Juventus 2018 €100m =9 Eden Hazard Chelsea - Real Madrid 2019 €100m (+€40m) 11 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United - Real Madrid 2009 €94m 12 Gonzalo Higuain Napoli - Juventus 2016 €90m 13 Neymar Santos - Barcelona 2013 €86.2m 14 Romelu Lukaku Everton - Manchester United 2017 €84.8m 15 Virgil van Dijk Southampton - Liverpool 2018 €84.5m 16 Luis Suarez Liverpool - Barcelona 2014 €82.3m =17 James Rodriguez Monaco - Real Madrid 2014 €80m =17 Kepa Arrizabalaga Athletic Bilbao - Chelsea 2018 €80m =17 Lucas Hernandez Atletico Madrid - Bayern Munich 2019 €80m 20 Alvaro Morata Real Madrid - Chelsea 2017 €78.9m 21 Zinedine Zidane Juventus - Real Madrid 2001 €77.5m 22 Matthijs de Ligt Ajax - Juventus 2019 €75m (+€10.5m) =22 Kevin De Bruyne Wolfsburg - Manchester City 2015 €75m =22 Frenkie de Jong Ajax-Barcelona 2019 €75m 25 Angel Di Maria Real Madrid - Manchester United 2014 €74.6m 26 Alisson Becker Roma - Liverpool 2018 €73m =27 Luka Jovic Frankfurt - Real Madrid 2019 €70m =27 Rodri Atletico Madrid - Manchester City 2019 €70m
