British Football Record Transfer Fees from 1893 to 2025
British football record transfer fees from Willie Groves’ move from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893 to Alexander Isak move from Newcastle United to Liverpool in 2025. Transfer fees breaking records are in Chronological Order with summary of British Clubs number of selling and buying breaking records.
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 |
| Jan-2023 |
| Enzo Fernández |
| Benfica |
| Chelsea | £106,800,000 |
| Jul-2023 |
| Declan Rice |
| West Ham United |
| Arsenal | £105,000,000 |
| Aug-2023 |
| Moises Caicedo |
| Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Chelsea | £115,000,000 |
| Aug-2025 |  | Alexander Isak |
| Newcastle United |
| Liverpool | £125,000,000 |
Moises Caicedo from Brighton & Hove Albion to Chelsea is the record transfer between British Clubs
