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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Football transfer fee records

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.

Here’s a complete list of all confirmed transfers in the English Premier League in January 2008

Last Updated: 1st February 2008

Arsenal
In: Luke Freeman (£200k, Gillingham)
Out: Mathew Connolly (undisclosed, QPR), Lassana Diarra (£5.5m, Portsmouth), Fran Merida (loan, Real Soceidad), Mark Randall (loan, Burnley), Kieran Gibbs (loan, Norwich)

Aston Villa
In: Wayne Routeledge (£1.5m, Tottenham)
Out: Chris Herd (loan, Port Vale), Zoltan Stieber (loan, Yeovil), Stephen O’Halloran (loan, Southampton), Tobias Mikaelsson (loan, Port Vale), Gary Cahill (£5m, Bolton)

Birmingham City
In: James McFadden (£5.75m, Everton), David Murphy (£1.5m, Hibernian), Mauro Zarate (loan, Al Saad)
Out: Krystian Pearce (loan, Notts County), Martin Taylor (loan, Norwich), Rowan Vine (£1m, QPR), Neill Kilkenny (loan, Leeds), Olivier Teliby (released), Asa Hall (loan, Shrewsbury), Sone Aluke (loan extension, Aberdeen), Neil Danns (£600k, Crystal Palace), David Howland (loan, Port Vale), Mat Sadler (£750k, Watford), Krystian Pearce (loan, Port Vale), Artur Krysak (loan, Gretna)

Blackburn
In: Jonathan Flynn (undisclosed, Ballymena Utd)
Out: Eddie Nolan (Hartlepool), Robbie Savage (£1.5m, Derby County), Peter Enckelman (loan, Cardiff City), Mark King (free, Accrington), Andy Taylor (undisclosed, Tranmere), Paul Gallagher (loan, Stoke), Rostyn Griffiths (loan, Gretna)

Bolton
In: Tamir Cohen (undisclosed, Maccabi Netanya), Gretar Steinsson (£3.5m, AZ Alkmaar), Matt Taylor (£5m, Portsmouth), Gary Cahill (£5m, Aston Villa), Grzegorz Rasiak (loan, Southampton)
Out: Gary Speed (loan, Sheffield United), Leslie Thompson (loan, Torquay), Nicolas Anelka (£15m, Chelsea), Gerald Cid (free, Nice), Lubomir Michalik (undisclosed, Leeds), Przemyslaw Kazimierczak (undisclosed, Darlington)

Chelsea
In: Franco Di Santo (£3.4m, Audax Italiano), Branislav Ivanovic (£9m, Lokomotiv Moscow), Nicolas Anelka (£15m, Bolton)
Out: Ryan Bertrand (loan, Norwich), Anthony Grant (loan, Southend)

Derby County
In: Danny Mills (loan, Manchester City), Emanuel Villa (£2m, UAG Tecos), Laurent Robert (free), Robbie Savage (£1.5m, Blackburn), Hossam Ghaly (loan, Tottenham), Mile Sterjovski (undisclosed, Genclerbirligi), Alan Stubbs (free, Everton), Roy Carroll (free, Rangers)
Out: Steve Howard (£1.5m, Leicester), Robert Malcolm (loan, QPR), Jon Macken (undisclosed, Barnsley), Mo Camara (loan renewal, Norwich), Lee Holmes (loan, Walsall), Matt Oakley (£500k, Leicester), Andrew Griffin (£300k, Stoke), Stephen Bywater (loan, Ipswich), Lewin Nyatanga (loan, Barnsley)

Everton
In: Dan Gosling (£1.5m, Plymouth), Manuel Fernades (loan, Valencia), Anthony Gardner (loan, Tottenham)
Out: Lukas Jutkiewicz (loan, Plymouth), Scott Spencer (loan, Yeovil), James McFadden (£5.75m, Birmingham), Patrick Boyle (loan, Crewe), John Paul Kissock (loan, Gretna), Alan Stubbs (free, Derby), Anderson de Silva (undisclosed, Barnsley)

Fulham
In: Brede Hangeland (undisclosed, FC Copenhagen), Leon Andreasen (undisclosed, Weder Bremen), Eddie Johnson (undisclosed, Kansas City Wizards), Jari Litmanen (free, Malmo), Toni Kallio (undisclosed, BSC Young Boys), Paul Stalteri (loan, Tottenham)
Out: Collins John (loan, Watford), TJ Moncur (loan, Bradford), Steven Davis (loan, Rangers) , Tony Warner (loan, Barnsley)

Liverpool
In: Martin Skrtel (£6.5m, Zenit St Petersburg)
Out: Ryan Flynn (loan, Hereford), Robbie Threlfall (loan, Hereford), Craig Lindfield (loan, Chester City), Jack Hobbs (loan, Scunthorpe), Mohamed Sissoko (£8.2m, Juventus), Lee Peltier (undisclosed, Yeovil), Besian Idrizaj (loan, Oldham)

Manchester City
In: Nery Castillo (loan, Shaktar Donetsk), Felipe Caicedo (£5m, FC Basel), Felippo Mancini
Out: Shaleum Logan (loan, Grimsby), Danny Mills (loan, Derby), Marc Laird (undisclosed, Millwall), Mathew Mills (loan extension, Doncaster), Chedwin Evans (loan, Norwich City), Georgios Samaras (loan, Celtic), Ousmane Dabo (undisclosed, Lazio), Ishmael Miller (£900k, West Brom)

Manchester United
In: Manucho (undisclosed, Petro Athletico), Fabio Silva and Rafael Silva (£5.2m, Fluminese).
Out: Kieran Lee (loan, Queens Park Rangers), Adam Eckersley (free, Port Vale), Michael Barnes (loan, Chesterfield), Fraizer Campbell (loan, Hull City), Phil Bardsley (£2m, Sunderland), Darren Gibson (loan, Wolves), Jonny Evans (loan, Sunderland), Ryan Shawcross (£1m-2m, Stoke City), Lee Martin (loan, Sheffield United), Febian Brandy (loan, Swansea)

Middlesbrough
In: Afonso Alves (£10m+, Heerenveen)
Out: Andrew Davies (undisclosed, Southampton), Adam Johnson (loan, Watford), Jonathan Woodgate (£8m, Tottenham), Josh Walker (loan, Aberdeen), Mathew Bates (loan, Norwich), Ben Hutchingson (undisclosed, Celtic)

Newcastle United
In: Ben Tozer (£1m, Swindon), Wesley Ngo Baheng (undisclosed, Le Havre), Tamas Kadar (£900k, Zalaegerszegi)
Out: Mathew Pattison (loan, Norwich), David Rozehnal (loan, Lazio)

Portsmouth
In: Danijel Subotic (undisclosed, Basle), Adda Djeziri (£125k, Boldklubben Frem), Lassana Diarra (£5.5m, Arsenal), Lucien Abey (loan, Lens), Milan Baros (loan, Lyon), Jermain Defoe (£9m, Tottenham)
Out: Martin Cranie (loan, QPR), Matt Taylor (£5m, Bolton), Djimi Traore (loan, Rennes)

Reading
In: Marek Matejovsky (£1.42m, Mlada Boleslav), Jimmy Kebe (undisclosed, Lens)
Out: Scott Golbourne (loan, Bournemouth), John Halls (loan, Preston NE), Ben Hamer (loan, Brentford), Graham Stack (loan, Wolves), Simon Church (loan, Yeovil), Hal Robson-Kanu (loan, Southend), Alex Pearce (loan, Norwich), James Henry (loan, Norwich)

Sunderland
In: Jonny Evans (loan, Manchester United), Jean-Yves Mvoto (undisclosed, PSG), Phil Bardsley (£2m, Manchester United, Rade Prica (£2m, Aalborg), Andy Reid (£4m, Charlton)
Out: Billy Dennehy (loan, Accrington), Graham Kavanagh (loan, Sheffield Wednesday), Stanislav Varga (loan, Burnley), Andy Cole (loan, Burnley)

Tottenham Hotspur
In: Chris Gunter (£2m, Cardiff), Jonathan Woodgate (£8m, Middlesbrough), Alan Hutton (£9m, Rangers), Gilberto (undisclosed, Hertha Berlin)
Out: Andy Barcham (loan, Leyton Orient), Ben Alnwick (loan, Luton Town), Philip Ifil (undisclosed, Colchester), David Button (loan, Grays Athletic), Hossam Ghaly (loan, Derby), Lee Barnard (undisclosed, Southend), Wayne Routeledge (£1.5m, Aston Villa), Anthony Gardner (loan, Everton), Paul Stalteri (loan, Fulham), Jermain Defoe (£7m, Portsmouth)

West Ham
In: Christian Dailly (free, Rangers)
Out: Hogan Ephraim (undisclosed, QPR)

Wigan
In: Wilson Palacios (undisclosed, Deportivo Olimpia - was previously on loan at Birmingham City), Maynor Figuera (loan, Deportivo Olimpia), Erik Edman (undisclosed, Rennes), Antonio Valencia (undisclosed, Villareal), Marlon King (£5m, Watford), Erik Hagen (loan, Zenit St Petersburg)
Out: Fitz Hall (£700k, QPR), Denny Landzat (£1m, Feyenoord)