A squad has just been announced by Onefootball gathering 11 players with the highest transfer fee in each position. The total value of this squad is more than 1.2 billion euros, clearly reflects the “crazy” level of the modern football transfer market.
In the goalkeeper position, Kepa Arrizabalaga holds a record for 80 million euros when moving from Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea in 2018. Although he does not achieve expectations, he still holds the title of the most expensive goalkeeper in history.
The defense witnessed 3 famous deals. The highest price is Josko GVardiol from RB Leipzig to Man City for 90 million euros. The other two, Harry Maguire passes from Leicester to MU for 87 million euros and Matthijs De Ligt shifted from Ajax to Juventus for 85.5 million euros.
The middle line is the convergence of “heavy” names including Joao Felix (127 million euros, from Benfica to Atletico Madrid), Florian Wirtz (125 million euros, from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool), Enzo Fernandez (121 million euros, from Benfica to Chelsea) and Phillippe Coutinho (135 million euros, from Liverpool to Barca).
The attack is a famous superstar trio. The first is Neymar, who is still the most expensive contract in history (222 million euros) when moving from Barca to PSG. And Kylian Mbappe, with a fee of 180 million euros from Monaco, is the second most expensive player of all time. The other on the attack is Ousmane Dembele, moving from Dortmund to Barca for 135 million euros.
In addition to the above names, the list of reserve for this squad also has popular deals like Eden Hazard (from Chelsea to Real Madrid for 120 million euros), Antoine Griezmann (from Atletico to Barca, 120 million euros), Jack Greealish (from Aston Villa to Man City, 117 million euros), Cristiano Ronaldo (from Real to Juventus, 117 million Euro), Declan Rice (from West Ham Arsenal, 116 million West Hamsmen Rice EURO), Moises Caicedo (from Brighton to Chelsea, 116 million euros) or Romelu Lukaku (from Inter to Chelsea, 113 million euros).
This squad is not only a collection of big names but also reflects how modern football is being dominated by money. Many people ask: Does the price reflect the actual value of the players?