Most Expensive Defender Transfers Of All Time
Name the most expensive defender transfers in football history.
Once upon a time, defenders were the bargain buys of the transfer market. Not anymore. Clubs have smashed records to sign the best in the business — and the fees involved are anything but modest. This quiz covers the 15 most expensive defensive transfers of all time. Think you know your big-money backlines?
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0 / 15- 1RB Leipzig → Manchester City·€89m • 2023
- 2Leicester City → Manchester United·€87m • 2019
- 3Ajax → Juventus·€85.5m • 2019
- 4Southampton → Liverpool·€84.7m • 2018
- 5Leicester City → Chelsea·€82.5m • 2022
- 6Atlético Madrid → Bayern Munich·€80m • 2019
- 7Benfica → Manchester City·€71.6m • 2020
- 8Juventus → Bayern Munich·€67m • 2022
- 9Inter Milan → Paris Saint-Germain·€66.5m • 2021
- 10Brighton → Chelsea·€65.3m • 2022
- 11Juventus → Manchester City·€65m • 2019
- 12Athletic Bilbao → Manchester City·€65m • 2018
- 13Lille → Manchester United·€61.8m • 2024
- 14Southampton → Chelsea·€58m • 2023
- 15Ajax → Manchester United·€57m • 2022
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