The 10 Most Expensive Football Transfer Fees

In the crazy world of Football (Soccer) the price in which clubs are willing to pay to each other for the transfer of a player is reaching amazing heights, At a time when football clubs are going into administration and the world's businesses are struggling because of the recession, it is amazing how much some of the big clubs are willing to pay for high profile transfers, The top three most expensive transfers are dominated by a 2009 Spanish summer spending spree with Christiano Ronaldo topping it after leaving Manchester United to join Real Madrid for a massive £80million (€94million, US$132million), The 2011 January Transfer Window saw two new additions to the list with both transfers taking place in the English Premier League, The biggest of which being number four in the list with Fernando Torres leaving Liverpool to join Chelsea for a massive £50million, Making him the record British Transfer.

Here are the top 10 most expensive football transfer fees from around the world, these fees are listed as pound sterling(£)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Manchester United to Real Madrid – £80m (2009)

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Inter Milan to Barcelona – £60.7m (2009)

3. Kaka: AC Milan to Real Madrid – £56m (2009)

4. Fernando Torres: Liverpool to Chelsea – £50m (2011)

5. Zinedine Zidane: Juventus to Real Madrid – £45.62m (2001)

6. Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid – £37m (2000)

7. Hernan Crespo: Parma to Lazio – £35.5m (2000)

8. Andy Carroll: Newcastle to Liverpool – £35m (2011)

9. David Villa: Valencia to Barcelona – £34.2m (2010)

10. Gianluigi Buffon: Parma to Juventus – £32.6m (2001)

The 2011 January Transfer Window's new aditions pushed Robinho and Christian Vieri out of the top 10 list.

11. Robinho: Real Madrid to Manchester City – £32.5m (2008)

12. Christian Vieri: Lazio to Inter – £32m (1999)