British football transfer record

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This is a list of the most expensive transfer fees paid - at that time - in football in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Between British clubs

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Date Player From To Fee Notes
1902 Alf Common Sheffield United Sunderland £520 World record
January 1904 Andrew McCombie Sunderland Newcastle United £700 World record
February 1905 Alf Common Sunderland Middlesbrough £1,000 First four-figure transfer fee, World record
October 1913 Charlie Roberts Manchester United Oldham Athletic £1,500 World record
December 1920 David Jack Plymouth Argyle Bolton Wanderers £3,500 World record
1922 Sydney Puddefoot West Ham United Falkirk £5,000 World record
1922 Warney Cresswell South Shields Sunderland £5,500 World record
1925 Bob Kelly Burnley Sunderland £6,550 World record
October 1928 David Jack Bolton Wanderers Arsenal £10,890 First five-figure transfer fee, World record
1938 Bryn Jones Wolves Arsenal £14,000
June 1947 Billy Steel Morton Derby County £15,500
November 1947 Tommy Lawton Chelsea Notts County £20,000
1948 Len Shackleton Newcastle United Sunderland £20,500
1949 Johnny Morris Manchester United Derby County £24,000
December 1949 Eddie Quigley Sheffield Wednesday Preston North End £26,000
October 1950 Trevor Ford Aston Villa Sunderland £30,000
March 1951 Jackie Sewell Notts County Sheffield Wednesday £34,500
September 1958 Albert Quixall Sheffield Wednesday Manchester United £45,000
March 1960 Denis Law Huddersfield Town Manchester City £55,000
March 1962 Johnny Byrne Crystal Palace West Ham United £65,000
June 1966 Alan Ball Blackpool Everton £110,000
June 1968 Allan Clarke Fulham Leicester City £150,000 (£110,000 + Frank Large)
June 1969 Allan Clarke Leicester City Leeds United £165,000
March 1970 Martin Peters West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur £200,000
December 1971 Alan Ball Everton Arsenal £220,000
September 1972 David Nish Leicester City Derby County £250,000
March 1974 Dennis Tueart Sunderland Manchester City £275,000
February 1974 Bob Latchford Birmingham City Everton £350,000
August 1977 Kenny Dalglish Celtic Liverpool £440,000
December 1978 David Mills Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion £500,000
February 1979 Trevor Francis Birmingham Nottingham Forest £1m First million-pound player
September 1979 Steve Daley Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester City £1.438m
September 1979 Andy Gray Aston Villa Wolverhampton Wanderers £1.469m
1981 Bryan Robson West Bromwich Albion Manchester United £1.5m
Summer 1987 Peter Beardsley Newcastle United Liverpool £1.9m
July 1988 Paul Gascoigne Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur £2m
Summer 1988 Tony Cottee West Ham United Everton £2.2m
August 1989 Gary Pallister Middlesbrough Manchester United £2.3m
Summer 1991 Dean Saunders Derby County Liverpool £2.9m
July 1992 Alan Shearer Southampton Blackburn Rovers £3.6m
August 1993 Roy Keane Nottingham Forest Manchester United £3.75m
August 1993 Duncan Ferguson Dundee United Rangers £4m
July 1994 Chris Sutton Norwich City Blackburn Rovers £5m
February 1995 Andy Cole Newcastle United Manchester United £7m
July 1995 Stan Collymore Nottingham Forest Liverpool £8.5m
August 1996 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United £15m World record
November 2000 Rio Ferdinand West Ham United Leeds United £18m World record for a defender
22 July 2002 Rio Ferdinand Leeds United Manchester United £29.1m

This record may stand for some time as transfer fees reached their all time peak to date across Europe in 2001 and 2002 and then fell back. Since Roman Abramovich's purchase of Chelsea in 2003 there have been various rumours Chelsea were set to break the British record transfer fee, and indeed the world record transfer fee, but none of those deals have happened.

[edit] Involving at least one British club

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Date Player From To Fee Notes
1955 Eddie Firmani Charlton Athletic Sampdoria £35,000
June 1957 John Charles Leeds United Juventus £65,000
June 1961 Jimmy Greaves Chelsea Milan £80,000
July 1961 Denis Law Manchester City Torino £110,000
July 1962 Denis Law Torino Manchester United £115,000
June 1977 Kevin Keegan Liverpool Hamburg £500,000
January 1979 Laurie Cunningham West Bromwich Albion Real Madrid £930,000
June 1986 Mark Hughes Manchester United Barcelona £2.3m
June 1987 Ian Rush Liverpool Juventus £3.2m
July 1989 Chris Waddle Tottenham Marseille £4.25m
July 1991 David Platt Aston Villa Bari £5m
May 1992 Paul Gascoigne Tottenham Lazio £5.5m
July 1995 Dennis Bergkamp Internazionale Arsenal £7.5m
July 1997 Juninho Paulista Middlesbrough Atlético Madrid £12m
August 1999 Nicolas Anelka Arsenal Real Madrid £22.5m
April 2001 Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven Manchester United £19m
July 2001 Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio Manchester United £28.1m
July 2006 Andriy Shevchenko Milan Chelsea £30.8m (estimated)

Chelsea's signing of Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko from A.C. Milan, for a fee of around £30m may or may not be the British record. It is believed that the fee is more than that of Rio Ferdinand's transfer to Manchester United, however the actual figure was not disclosed by the clubs, and this therefore cannot be estimated.

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