Top 10 Most Expensive January Transfers
Posted: February 5, 2019
Updated: February 5, 2019
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3 of the 10 are Brazilian players
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Total top 10 transfers come to €716.5 (£644.45)
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Philippe Coutinho’s transfer accounts for nearly 20% of the top 10
Check out the top 10 most expensive January transfers that were completed by the biggest clubs in the world.
When you think of the most expensive players, what’s the first thing that pops in your mind? Neymar, Mbappe, Pogba, Bale and Ronaldo, among lots of others, is what you generally think of, and rightfully so.
Those players are on the all-time most expensive players list, but there’s an alternate, sub-list for the most expensive players that transferred to other clubs during the January transfer window, some of which are included on the all-time list as well. Take a look at the priciest top 10 players from the winter window below! (All figures for the January transfers are derived from Transfermarkt.)
10. Alex Teixeira – €50m (£45m)
- Shakhtar Donetsk to Jiangsu Suning, 2016
9. Fernando Torres – €58.5m (£52.65m)
- Liverpool to Chelsea, 2011
8. Oscar – €60m (£54m)
- Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG, 2017
7. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – €63.75m (£57.38m)
- Dortmund to Arsenal, 2018
6. Christian Pulisic – €64m (£57.6m)
- Dortmund to Chelsea, 2019
5. Aymeric Laporte – €65m (£58.5m)
- Athletic Bilbao to Manchester City, 2018
4. Diego Costa – €66m (£59.4m)
- Chelsea to Atletico Madrid, 2018
3. Frenkie de Jong – €75m (£67.5m)
- Ajax to Barcelona, 2019
2. Virgil van Dijk – €78.8m (£70.9)
- Southampton to Liverpool, 2018
1. Philippe Coutinho – €135m (£121.5m)
- Liverpool to Barcelona, 2018
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