British Football Record Transfer Fees from 1893 to 2021
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British football record transfer fees from Willie Groves’ move from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893 to Philippe Coutinho’s move from Liverpool to Barcelona in 2018. Transfer fees breaking records are in chronological order with summary of British Clubs number of selling and buying breaking records.
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Record Breaking Players Transfer Fees
Football Clubs Number of Record Breakers
British Football Record Breaking Transfer Fees
| Date | Player | From | To | Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 |
|
Willie Groves |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
|
Aston Villa | £100 |
| Jan-1904 |
|
Andy McCombie |
|
Sunderland |
|
Newcastle United | £700 |
| Feb-1905 |
|
Alf Common |
|
Sunderland |
|
Middlesbrough | £1,000 |
| Feb-1911 |
|
John Simpson |
|
Falkirk |
|
Blackburn Rovers | £1,800 |
| Nov-1913 |
|
George Utley |
|
Barnsley |
|
Sheffield United | £2,000 |
| Feb-1914 |
|
Percy Dawson |
|
Heart of Midlothian |
|
Blackburn Rovers | £2,500 |
| Feb-1922 |
|
Syd Puddefoot |
|
West Ham United |
|
Falkirk | £5,000 |
| Mar-1922 |
|
Warney Cresswell |
|
South Shields |
|
Sunderland | £5,500 |
| Dec-1925 |
|
Bob Kelly |
|
Burnley |
|
Sunderland | £6,500 |
| Oct-1928 |
|
David Jack |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
|
Arsenal | £10,890 |
| Mar-1938 |
|
Bryn Jones |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
|
Arsenal | £14,500 |
| Sep-1947 |
|
Billy Steel |
|
Morton |
|
Derby County | £15,500 |
| Nov-1947 |
|
Tommy Lawton |
|
Chelsea |
|
Notts County | £20,000 |
| Feb-1948 |
|
Len Shackleton |
|
Newcastle United |
|
Sunderland | £20,500 |
| Feb-1949 |
|
Johnny Morris |
|
Manchester United |
|
Derby County | £24,000 |
| Dec-1949 |
|
Eddie Quigley |
|
Sheffield Wednesday |
|
Preston North End | £26,500 |
| Oct-1950 |
|
Trevor Ford |
|
Aston Villa |
|
Sunderland | £30,000 |
| Mar-1951 |
|
Jackie Sewell |
|
Notts County |
|
Sheffield Wednesday | £34,500 |
| Jul-1955 |
|
Eddie Firmani |
|
Charlton Athletic |
|
Sampdoria | £35,000 |
| Apr-1957 |
|
John Charles |
|
Leeds United |
|
Juventus | £65,000 |
| Jun-1961 |
|
Gerry Hitchens |
|
Aston Villa |
|
Internazionale | £85,000 |
| Dec-1961 |
|
Jimmy Greaves |
|
AC Milasn |
|
Tottenham Hotspur | £99,999 |
| Jul-1962 |
|
Denis Law |
|
Torino |
|
Manchester United | £115,000 |
| Jan-1968 |
|
Martin Chivers |
|
Southampton |
|
Tottenham Hotspur | £125,000 |
| Jun-1968 |
|
Allan Clarke |
|
Fulham |
|
Leicester City | £150,000 |
| Jun-1969 |
|
Allan Clarke |
|
Leicester City |
|
Leeds United | £165,000 |
| Mar-1970 |
|
Martin Peters |
|
West Ham United |
|
Tottenham Hotspur | £200,000 |
| Dec-1971 |
|
Alan Ball |
|
Everton |
|
Arsenal | £220,000 |
| Aug-1972 |
|
David Nish |
|
Leicester City |
|
Derby County | £225,000 |
| Feb-1974 |
|
Bob Latchford |
|
Birmingham City |
|
Everton | £350,000 |
| Jun-1977 |
|
Kevin Keegan |
|
Liverpool |
|
SV Hamburg | £500,000 |
| Jan-1979 |
|
David Mills |
|
Middlesbrough |
|
West Bromwich Albion | £516,000 |
| Feb-1979 |
|
Trevor Francis |
|
Birmingham City |
|
Nottingham Forest | £1,180,000 |
| Sep-1979 |
|
Steve Daley |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
|
Manchester City | £1,450,000 |
| Sep-1979 |
|
Andy Gray |
|
Aston Villa |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers | £1,469,000 |
| Oct-1981 |
|
Bryan Robson |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
|
Manchester United | £1,500,000 |
| May-1984 |
|
Ray Wilkins |
|
Manchester United |
|
Milan | £1,500,000 |
| May-1986 |
|
Mark Hughes |
|
Manchester United |
|
Barcelona | £2,300,000 |
| Jun-1987 |
|
Ian Rush |
|
Liverpool |
|
Juventus | £3,200,000 |
| Jul-1989 |
|
Chris Waddle |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
|
Olympique de Marseille | £4,250,000 |
| Jul-1991 |
|
David Platt |
|
Aston Villa |
|
Bari | £5,500,000 |
| Aug-1991 |
|
Trevor Steven |
|
Rangers |
|
Olympique de Marseille | £5,500,000 |
| Jun-1992 |
|
Paul Gascoigne |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
|
Lazio | £5,500,000 |
| Jan-1995 |
|
Andy Cole |
|
Newcastle United |
|
Manchester United | £7,000,000 |
| Jun-1995 |
|
Dennis Bergkamp |
|
Internazionale |
|
Arsenal | £7,500,000 |
| Jun-1995 |
|
Stan Collymore |
|
Nottingham Forest |
|
Liverpool | £8,500,000 |
| Jul-1996 |
|
Alan Shearer |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
|
Newcastle United | £15,000,000 |
| Aug-1999 |
|
Nicolas Anelka |
|
Arsenal |
|
Real Madrid | £22,500,000 |
| Jul-2001 |
|
Juan Sebastián Verón |
|
Lazio |
|
Manchester United | £28,100,000 |
| Jul-2002 |
|
Rio Ferdinand |
|
Leeds United |
|
Manchester United | £29,100,000 |
| Jul-2006 |
|
Andriy Shevchenko |
|
Milan |
|
Chelsea | £30,800,000 |
| Sep-2008 |
|
Robinho |
|
Real Madrid |
|
Manchester City | £32,500,000 |
| Jul-2009 |
|
Cristiano Ronaldo |
|
Manchester United |
|
Real Madrid | £80,000,000 |
| Sep-2013 |
|
Gareth Bale |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
|
Real Madrid | £85,300,000 |
| Aug-2016 |
|
Paul Pogba |
|
Juventus |
|
Manchester United | £89,000,000 |
| Jan-2018 |
|
Philippe Coutinho |
|
Liverpool |
|
Barcelona | £105,000,000 |
| Aug-2021 |
|
Jack Grealish |
|
Aston Villa |
|
Manchester City | £100,000,000 |
Jack Grealish from Aston Villa to Manchester City is the record transfer between British Clubs
British Football Player Transfer Records Seller and Buyers
| Selling Clubs | Buying Clubs | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 6 | Manchester United | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 4 | Arsenal | |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | Sunderland | |
| 2 | Birmingham City | 3 | Derby County | |
| 2 | Leeds United | 3 | Manchester City | |
| 2 | Leicester City | 3 | Real Madrid | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| 2 | Sunderland | 2 | Juventus | |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | Newcastle United | |
| 2 | West Ham United | 2 | Olympique de Marseille | |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | Aston Villa | |
| 1 | AC Milan | 1 | Barcelona | |
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 | Bari | |
| 1 | Barnsley | 1 | Chelsea | |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | Everton | |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | Falkirk | |
| 1 | Burnley | 1 | Lazio | |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | Leeds United | |
| 1 | Chelsea | 1 | Leicester City | |
| 1 | Everton | 1 | Liverpool | |
| 1 | Falkirk | 1 | Middlesbrough | |
| 1 | Fulham | 1 | Milan | |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | Nottingham Forest | |
| 1 | Internazionale | 1 | Notts County | |
| 1 | Juventus | 1 | Preston North End | |
| 1 | Lazio | 1 | Sampdoria | |
| 1 | Manchester City | 1 | Sheffield United | |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| 1 | Milan | 1 | SV Hamburg | |
| 1 | Morton | 1 | Torino | |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| 1 | Notts County | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| 1 | Rangers | |||
| 1 | Real Madrid | |||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| 1 | Southampton | |||
| 1 | South Shields | |||
| 1 | Torino | |||
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