Progression of the British football transfer fee record

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File:Bryan Robson at the cliff -march 92.JPG
Bryan Robson (pictured in 1992) was the subject of a record transfer in 1981.

The progression of the British football transfer fee record tracks the increases in the record for the highest transfer fee paid or received by British association football clubs. A transfer fee is the sum of money paid by one club to purchase the contract, and therefore the playing services, of a professional footballer. Fees are not generally formally disclosed by the clubs involved, and discrepancies can occur in figures quoted in the press. Trevor Francis, for example, is regarded as Britain's first £1m player but was officially transferred for £975,000. The generally reported figure of £1,180,000 included Value Added Tax, fees to the Football League and Francis' signing fee.[1] Discrepancies may also occur due to deals which involve additional sums to be paid at a later date after a player has made a certain number of appearances, joint fees for two or more players, or deals in which one player is exchanged for a sum of money plus another player.

The first three-figure transfer fee was the £100 paid by Aston Villa in 1893 for Willie Groves. Eleven years later, Alf Common joined Middlesbrough for the first four-figure fee, a sum which caused a national sensation and outrage amongst the football authorities.[2] The £5,000 mark was first reached in 1922 when Falkirk paid that amount for West Ham United's Syd Puddefoot, and six years later Arsenal paid the first £10,000 fee to acquire David Jack of Bolton Wanderers. After the Second World War, the spending power of clubs in mainland Europe outstripped that of British clubs for the first time, resulting in several substantial jumps in the transfer record. John Charles became the first player from Britain to command a fee of £50,000 when he joined Juventus in 1957, and four years later Denis Law joined Torino in the first £100,000 transaction involving a British club.

The 1970s saw a rapid increase in transfer fees. Martin Peters became the first £200,000 player in 1970, but by 1977 Kevin Keegan's move to West Germany's Hamburger SV had taken the record to £500,000. In January 1979 David Mills became the first player to be purchased for £500,000 by a British club, but just one month later Nottingham Forest paid twice that amount to acquire Birmingham City's Trevor Francis. In 1981 Bryan Robson cost Manchester United £1,500,000, but fees paid by British clubs lagged behind those paid by clubs in Italy, France and Spain. The fees paid by the Premier League's top clubs began to increase at a rapid rate, with Alan Shearer commanding the first £15,000,000 fee in 1996, and the new millennium heralding the first £30,000,000 transfer, although sources differ as to whether this barrier was broken by Rio Ferdinand's move to Manchester United in 2002 or Andriy Shevchenko's transfer to Chelsea four years later.

On 1 September 2008, Manchester City agreed a reported £32,500,000 fee for Robinho,[3] which remained the record amount paid by a British club until 31 January 2011, when Liverpool paid £35,000,000 for Andy Carroll from Newcastle United, which was also a new record amount paid for a British player. A few hours later, the record amount paid by a British club was broken again when Chelsea paid £50,000,000 for Fernando Torres from Liverpool.

On 11 June 2009, Manchester United announced that they had accepted an £80,000,000 bid from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. The transfer was completed on 1 July 2009, setting not only a new British transfer record, but also a new world record (either in pounds or euros).[4] In turn, that record was broken on 1 September 2013 when Real announced that their £85.3 million (€100 million) purchase of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur had been completed.[5] This record was broken on 8 August 2016, when Manchester United signed Paul Pogba from Juventus for a fee of £89 million, again on 6 January 2018, when Philippe Coutinho moved to Barcelona from Liverpool for a reported initial fee of £105 million, which could rise to £142 million with various clauses being met.

On 31 January 2023, the record was broken when Chelsea signed Argentine player Enzo Fernández for a reported deal of £106.8 million.

Record progression

Date Player From To Fee Reference
18931893 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon West Bromwich Albion Template:Flagicon Aston Villa £100 [6]
1899April 1899 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Bury Template:Flagicon Everton £400 [7]
1903October 1903 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Barnsley Template:Flagicon Small Heath £500 [8]
1904January 1904 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Sunderland Template:Flagicon Newcastle United £700 [9]
1905February 1905 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Sunderland Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough £1,000 [10]
1907November 1907 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Newcastle United £1,600 [11]
1911 (1)February 1911 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Falkirk Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers £1,800 [12]
1911 (2)October 1911 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Bury Template:Flagicon Newcastle United £1,950 [13]
1913November 1913 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Barnsley Template:Flagicon Sheffield United £2,000 [14]
1914February 1914 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers £2,500 [15]
March 1920 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Blackpool Template:Flagicon Birmingham £3,650 [16]
May 1920 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Ayr United Template:Flagicon Birmingham £3,700 [17]
November 1920 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Sheffield United Template:Flagicon Everton £4,000 [18]
December 1920 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Hull City Template:Flagicon Sheffield United £4,500 [19]
1922 (1)February 1922 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon Falkirk £5,000 [10]
1922 (2)March 1922 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon South Shields Template:Flagicon Sunderland £5,500 [10]
1923November 1923 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough Template:Flagicon Chelsea £6,500 [20]
1927April 1927 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Partick Thistle Template:Flagicon Aston Villa £7,500 [21]
1928October 1928 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Bolton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Arsenal £10,647 [22]
1938August 1938 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Wolverhampton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Arsenal £14,000 [23]
1947 (1)September 1947 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Morton Template:Flagicon Derby County £15,500 [24]
1947 (2)November 1947 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Chelsea Template:Flagicon Notts County £20,000 [25][26]
1948February 1948 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Sunderland £20,500 [27][28]
1949 (1)February 1949 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Derby County £24,000 [10]
1949 (2)December 1949 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Sheffield Wednesday Template:Flagicon Preston North End £26,500 [10]
1950October 1950 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Aston Villa Template:Flagicon Sunderland £30,000 [29]
1951March 1951 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Notts County Template:Flagicon Sheffield Wednesday £34,500 [29]
1955July 1955 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Charlton Athletic Template:Flagicon Sampdoria £35,000 [29]
1957April 1957 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Leeds United Template:Flagicon Juventus £65,000 [29]
1961June 1961 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Aston Villa Template:Flagicon Internazionale £85,000 [29]
1962July 1962 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Torino Template:Flagicon Manchester United £115,000 [29]
1968January 1968 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Southampton Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur £125,000 Template:Sfn
1968June 1968 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Fulham Template:Flagicon Leicester City £150,000 [29]
1969June 1969 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Leicester City Template:Flagicon Leeds United £165,000 [29]
1970March 1970 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur £200,000 [29]
1971December 1971 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Arsenal £220,000 [29]
1972August 1972 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Leicester City Template:Flagicon Derby County £225,000 [30]
1974January 1974 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Chelsea Template:Flagicon Stoke City £240,000 [31]
1974February 1974 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Birmingham City Template:Flagicon Everton £350,000 [32]
1977June 1977 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Hamburger SV £500,000 [33]
1979 (1)January 1979 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough Template:Flagicon West Bromwich Albion £516,000 [33]
1979 (2)February 1979 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Birmingham City Template:Flagicon Nottingham Forest £1,180,000 [29]
1979 (3)September 1979 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Wolverhampton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Manchester City £1,450,000 [29]
1979 (4)September 1979 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Aston Villa Template:Flagicon Wolverhampton Wanderers £1,469,000 [29]
1981October 1981 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon West Bromwich Albion Template:Flagicon Manchester United £1,500,000 [29]
1984May 1984 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Milan £1,500,000 [29]
1986May 1986 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Barcelona £2,300,000 [29]
1987June 1987 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Juventus £3,200,000 [29]
1989July 1989 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Marseille £4,250,000 [29]
1991July 1991 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Aston Villa Template:Flagicon Bari £5,500,000 [29]
1991August 1991 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Rangers Template:Flagicon Marseille £5,500,000 [34]
1992June 1992 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Lazio £5,500,000 [29]
1995 (1)January 1995 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Manchester United £7,000,000 [35]
1995 (2)June 1995 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Internazionale Template:Flagicon Arsenal £7,500,000 [29]
1995 (3)June 1995 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Nottingham Forest Template:Flagicon Liverpool £8,500,000 [36]
1996July 1996 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Newcastle United £15,000,000 [37]
1999August 1999 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Arsenal Template:Flagicon Real Madrid £22,500,000 [29]
2001July 2001 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Lazio Template:Flagicon Manchester United £28,100,000 [38]
2002July 2002 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Leeds United Template:Flagicon Manchester United £29,100,000Template:Efn [39]
2006July 2006 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Milan Template:Flagicon Chelsea £30,800,000 [40]
2008September 2008 Template:Flagicon Robinho Template:Flagicon Real Madrid Template:Flagicon Manchester City £32,500,000 [41]
2009July 2009 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Real Madrid £80,000,000 [4]
2013September 2013 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Real Madrid £85,300,000 [42]
July 2016 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Juventus Template:Flagicon Manchester United £89,000,000 [43][44][45]
2018January 2018 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Barcelona £105,000,000 [46]
2023January 2023 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagicon Benfica Template:Flagicon Chelsea £106,800,000 [47]

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See also

References

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