The document lists the highest transfer fees paid for football (soccer) players. It shows Zinedine Zidane's 2001 transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid for £45.62 million was the most expensive ever at that time. Several other notable multi-million pound transfers included Luis Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37 million in 2000, and Hernan Crespo from Parma to Lazio for £35.5 million also in 2000.
The document lists the highest transfer fees paid for football (soccer) players. It shows Zinedine Zidane's 2001 transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid for £45.62 million was the most expensive ever at that time. Several other notable multi-million pound transfers included Luis Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37 million in 2000, and Hernan Crespo from Parma to Lazio for £35.5 million also in 2000.
The document lists the highest transfer fees paid for football (soccer) players. It shows Zinedine Zidane's 2001 transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid for £45.62 million was the most expensive ever at that time. Several other notable multi-million pound transfers included Luis Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid for £37 million in 2000, and Hernan Crespo from Parma to Lazio for £35.5 million also in 2000.
Zinedine Zidane AM Juventus (Ita) Luis Figo RW Barcelona (Spa) Hernan Crespo ST Parma (Ita) Gianluigi Buffon GK Parma (Ita) Player's Name
Christian Vieri ST Lazio (Ita)
Andriy Shevchenko ST AC Milan (Ita) Rio Ferdinand CD Leeds United (Eng) Gaizka Mendieta MF Valencia (Spa) Ronaldo ST Inter Milan (Ita) Juan Veron AM Lazio (Ita) Rui Costa AM Fiorentina [old] (Ita) Pavel Nedved MF Lazio (Ita) Mickael Essien DM Lyon (Fra) Didier Drogba ST Marseille (Fra) Nicolas Anelka ST Arsenal (Eng) Denilson LW Sao Paulo (Bra) Lilian Thuram CD Parma (Ita) Claudio Lopez ST Valencia (Spa) Gabriel Batistuta ST Fiorentina [old] (Ita) ST TRANSFER FEES To Club Fee Year Real Madrid (Spa) £45.62m 2001 Real Madrid (Spa) £37m 2000 Lazio (Ita) £35.5m 2000 Juventus (Ita) £32.6m 2001 Inter Milan (Ita) £32m 1999 Chelsea (Eng) £30m 2006 Manchester United (Eng) £29.1m 2002 Lazio (Ita) £29m 2001 Real Madrid (Spa) £28.49m 2002 Manchester United (Eng) £28.1m 2001 AC Milan (Ita) £28m 2001 Juventus (Ita) £25.5m 2001 Chelsea (Eng) £24.43m 2005 Chelsea (Eng) £24m 2004 Real Madrid (Spa) £23.5m 1999 Real Betis (Spa) £22m 1998 Juventus (Ita) £22m 2001 Lazio (Ita) £22m 2000 AS Roma (Ita) £22m 2000