The British newspaper "The Sun" spotted the ten most expensive players in terms of the total paid in their transfer history of football, not including Messi, who has played since childhood only in Barcelona.
Brazilian striker Neymar came in first with just two transfers in which he set a record $ 344 million when he moved in 2013 from Brazilian Santos to Barcelona for $ 122 million, and in 2017 moved to Paris Saint-Germain for $ 222 million, in a record deal. It is the most expensive in history.
Cristiano Ronaldo finished second ($ 255 million) from three transfers starting with his departure from Sporting Lisbon in 2003 to Manchester United, then to Real Madrid in 2009, and finally his historic move to Juventus in the summer of 2018 for about $ 115 million. .
Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku came in third ($ 225 million) by moving five times, most recently his transfer from Manchester United to Inter Milan for $ 88 million.
Despite being the most expensive player in the world by market value, Kylian Mbappe is the fourth highest-ranking player in the list ($ 200 million) due to his young age (20 years), and moved from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain only, followed by team mate Angel de Maria Atletico Madrid player Alvaro Morata has the same balance ($ 198 million).
Frenchman Antoine Griezmann ($ 193 million) was ranked seventh, followed by Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic ($ 187 million), Brazilian Coutinho ($ 180 million) and Argentine Gonzalo Higuain ($ 176 million).