Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland enter ranks of world’s most expensive players

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Liverpool and Manchester City have both just added some major firepower to their ranks with the respective signings of Darwin Nunez and Erling Haaland.

As two major goalscorers with prolific seasons behind them, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola will be hoping they've made the right move to put some distance between themselves and the other.

For Haaland, the fee is thought to be in the region of £64.20m, as he gets sent from Manchester City to Borussia Dortmund.

Meanwhile, the Nunez has only just got over the line, but reports claim it will be between £64m and £85m due to add-ons.

These are some seriously large piles of cash, even in footballing terms. But they are far from record-breaking – but with this in mind, who are the most expensive players in the history of the game?

Who are the most expensive footballers in history?

  1. Neymar – Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain Forward £198m, 2017
  2. Kylian Mbappé – Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain Forward £163m, 2018
  3. Philippe Coutinho – Liverpool to Barcelona Midfielder £105m, 2018
  4. João Félix – Benfica to Atlético Madrid Forward £104.1m, 2019
  5. Antoine Griezmann – Atlético Madrid to Barcelona Forward £107m, 2019
  6. Jack Grealish – Aston Villa to Manchester City Forward £100m, 2021
  7. Romelu Lukaku – Inter Milan to Chelsea Forward €115 £97.50m, 2021
  8. Ousmane Dembélé – Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona Forward £97m, 2017
  9. Paul Pogba – Juventus to Manchester United Midfielder £89m, 2016
  10. Eden Hazard – Chelsea to Real Madrid Forward £89m, 2019
  11. Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid to Juventus Forward £88m, 2018
  12. Gareth Bale – Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid Forward £86m, 2013
  13. Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United to Real Madrid Forward £80m, 2009
  14. Gonzalo Higuaín – Napoli to Juventus Forward £75.30m, 2016
  15. Harry Maguire – Leicester City to Manchester United Defender £80m, 2019
  16. Romelu Lukaku – Everton to Manchester United Forward £75m, 2017
  17. Jadon Sancho – Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United Midfielder £73m, 2021
  18. Virgil van Dijk – Southampton to Liverpool Defender £75m, 2018
  19. Kai Havertz – Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea Midfielder £72m, 2020
  20. Luis Suárez – Liverpool Barcelona Forward £65m, 2014
  21. Romelu Lukaku – Manchester United to Inter Milan Forward £74m, 2019
  22. Nicolas Pépé – Lille to Arsenal Midfielder £72m, 2019
  23. Kepa Arrizabalaga – Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea Goalkeeper £71.60m, 2018
  24. Lucas Hernandez Atlético Madrid to Bayern Munich Defender £68m, 2019
  25. Zinedine Zidane – Juventu tos Real Madrid Midfielder £46.60m, 2001
  26. Ángel Di María – Real to Madrid Manchester United Forward £59.70m, 2014
  27. Matthijs de Ligt – Ajax to Juventus Defender £67.50m, 2019

  28. Darwin Núñez – Benfica to Liverpool Forward £65.1m, 2022

  29. Frenkie de Jong – Ajax to Barcelona Midfielder £65m, 2019
  30. James Rodríguez – Monaco to Real Madrid Midfielder £63m, 2014
  31. Kevin De Bruyne – VfL Wolfsburg Manchester City Midfielder £55m, 2015

  32. Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City Forward £64.20m, 2022 (estimated)

  33. ArthurBarcelona – to Juventus Midfielder £66m, 2020
  34. Victor Osimhen – Lille to Napoli Forward £65m, 2020
  35. Rodri – Atlético Madrid to Manchester City Midfielder £63m, 2019
  36. Thomas Lemar – Monaco to Atlético Madrid Midfielder £63m, 2018
  37. Dušan Vlahović – Fiorentina to Juventus Forward £58.30m,2022
  38. Zlatan Ibrahimović – Inter Milan to Barcelona Forward £56m, 2009
  39. Rúben Dias – Benfica to Manchester City Defender £61.64m, 2020
  40. Riyad Mahrez – Leicester City to Manchester City Forward £60m, 2018
  41. Kaká – Milan to Real MadridMidfielder £56m, 2009
  42. Álvaro Morata – Real Madrid to Chelsea Forward £58m, 2017
  43. Aymeric Laporte – Athletic Bilbao to Manchester City Defender £57m, 2018
  44. João Cancelo – Juventus to Manchester CityDefender £60m, 2019
  45. Edinson Cavani – Napoli Paris to Saint-Germain Forward £55m, 2013
  46. Christian Pulisic – Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea Forward £58m, 2019
  47. Ángel Di María – Manchester United to Paris Saint-GermainForward £44m, 2015
  48. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal Forward £56.10 m,2018
  49. Alisson – Roma to Liverpool Goalkeeper £56m, 2018
  50. Raheem Sterling – Liverpool to Manchester City Forward £44m, 2015
  51. Luís Figo – Barcelona to Real Madrid Midfielder £37m, 2000
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