Looking at Chelsea’s massive spending in the last three years, it got me thinking about Madrid when they picked up Zidane and Figo for mammoth prices, and United when they brought in Veron and Rio and Rooney for big, big transfer fees.
So I dug up some stats, and as expected, while Chelsea have not broken any all-time records (thank Madrid for that), they have bought their way into the Premiership record books.
Let’s take a look:
Top Five English Premiership Transfers
Andriy Shevchenko - 30(?) mil pounds - AC Milan to Chelsea
Rio Ferdinand - 30 mil pounds - Leeds Utd to Manchester United
Juan Sebastian Veron - 28 mil pounds - Lazio to Manchester United
Wayne Rooney - 27 mil pounds - Everton to Manchester United
Michael Essien - 24.5 mil pounds - Lyon to Chelsea
Top Five All-Time Transfers
Zinedine Zidane - 44 mil pounds - Juventus to Real Madrid
Luis Figo - 37 mil pounds - Barcelona to Real Madrid
Hernan Crespo - 35.5 mil pounds - Parma to Lazio
Gianluigi Buffon - 32.6 mil pounds - Parma to Juventus
Christian Vieri - 31 mil pounds - Lazio to Inter
With the current slump in transfer market prices, I doubt that anyone would command a 30 mil fee like before. Ronaldinho and Rooney both would, but it’s very, very difficult to see them leaving their clubs.
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