We all know that football today is more than just a game. But sometimes it’s not very clear how much more. It is unbelievable just how much money circle in and out of this game. Not only for tickets but for TV rights, shirt sponsors, commercials...
I was actually astonished when I heard the numbers of some transfer fees. Read on about the top 10 highest transfer fees in history of football. For starters, guess which team paid the top two highest transfer fees. It was Real Madrid of course. They paid 75 million euros to get Zinedine Zidane
from Juventus in 2001. Just to compare, this amount covers for 300 000 average monthly Macedonian wages. The year before Real led the top 10 with the now second highest transfer of Luis Figo, whom they got from Barcelona for 61 millions. Right behind Real, on the third place comes Lazio. They paid 56 million euros for the transfer of Hernan Crespo from Parma in 2000. Amounted in euros the fourth place goes for Gaizka Mendieta’s transfer from Valencia to Lazio in 2001 for 48 millions. I say amounted in euros because using a different currency produces a slightly different list due to exchange rate fluctuations. If we go on, on the fifth place we find Rio Ferdinand. His transfer fee from Leeds United to Manchester United in 2002 was 47 millions. The year before that Manchester United paid Lazio 46 millions for the transfer of Juan Veron. On the seventh place we meet Real Madrid again. The transfer of Ronaldo from Inter Milan in 2002 brought them once more on the top 10 list. They paid 45 millions this time. As we can see so far, European football experienced a so called "transfer bubble" between 1999 and 2002. The most expensive transfer since that time was Chelsea's purchase of 
Andriy Shevchenko in 2006. The fee was amounted as 45 millions of euros. The last two transfers are also from the "transfer bubble" era. The transfer of Rui Costa in 2001 that was 43 millions and the one of Christian Vieri in 1999 for 42 millions.
So these are the highest transfer fees so far. As we can see they were all made by Italian, English and Spanish clubs. It is harder today to produce a definitive list of largest transfer fees than was the case in the past. This is due, as I mentioned before, to exchange rate fluctuations, non official reports, and different sources. Anyway this is big money we’re talking about. And that is one of the reasons why football is the main secondary thing in the world.
from Juventus in 2001. Just to compare, this amount covers for 300 000 average monthly Macedonian wages. The year before Real led the top 10 with the now second highest transfer of Luis Figo, whom they got from Barcelona for 61 millions. Right behind Real, on the third place comes Lazio. They paid 56 million euros for the transfer of Hernan Crespo from Parma in 2000. Amounted in euros the fourth place goes for Gaizka Mendieta’s transfer from Valencia to Lazio in 2001 for 48 millions. I say amounted in euros because using a different currency produces a slightly different list due to exchange rate fluctuations. If we go on, on the fifth place we find Rio Ferdinand. His transfer fee from Leeds United to Manchester United in 2002 was 47 millions. The year before that Manchester United paid Lazio 46 millions for the transfer of Juan Veron. On the seventh place we meet Real Madrid again. The transfer of Ronaldo from Inter Milan in 2002 brought them once more on the top 10 list. They paid 45 millions this time. As we can see so far, European football experienced a so called "transfer bubble" between 1999 and 2002. The most expensive transfer since that time was Chelsea's purchase of 
Andriy Shevchenko in 2006. The fee was amounted as 45 millions of euros. The last two transfers are also from the "transfer bubble" era. The transfer of Rui Costa in 2001 that was 43 millions and the one of Christian Vieri in 1999 for 42 millions.So these are the highest transfer fees so far. As we can see they were all made by Italian, English and Spanish clubs. It is harder today to produce a definitive list of largest transfer fees than was the case in the past. This is due, as I mentioned before, to exchange rate fluctuations, non official reports, and different sources. Anyway this is big money we’re talking about. And that is one of the reasons why football is the main secondary thing in the world.
by Cana
3 comments:
dobar post done, ne sum gi znael nekoj od transferive ;)
Miki ;)
Dobar ti e blogov Done. Prv pat sum ovde i bas e fino.
sakamo neso novo da vidimo na blogov ajde Donce mrdni malce
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