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The fees paid by the Premier League's top clubs began to increase at a rapid rate, with Alan Shearer commanding the first £15,000,000 fee in 1996, and the new millennium heralding the first £30,000,000 transfer, although sources differ as to whether this barrier was broken by Rio Ferdinand's move to Manchester United in 2002 or Andriy Shevchenko's transfer to Chelsea four years later.
The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first confirmed record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 [ 1 ] (equivalent to £14,000 in 2023).
At the same time, the NWSL also implemented an intra-league transaction fee system, a net transfer fee threshold of $500,000 for both intra- and inter-league transfers, and an additional 25-percent salary cap charge against net transfer fees exceeding $500,000. [119]
Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971) Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 15 Stan Mortensen for Blackpool 1950–51 [ 53] Most league goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean (39 matches, for Everton, 1927 to 1928)
In professional football, a transfer is the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs. It refers to the transferring of a player's registration from one association football club to another. In general, the players can only be transferred during a transfer window and according to the rules set by a governing body ...
Aston Villa F.C. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 July2021. ^ ab"Luton Town sign Cameron Jerome from MK Dons & Henri Lansbury from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June2021. ^ ab"Colchester sign Ipswich midfielder Alan Judge & re-sign striker Frank Nouble from Plymouth". BBC Sport. 18 June 2021.
Progression of the British football transfer fee record From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
Alan Ball. According to my source, Alan Ball 's transfer from Blackpool to Everton in August 1966 was for a then-British-record-fee of £112,000, but the article states Denis Law's transfer fee between Torino and Manchester United, four years earlier, exceed it by £3,000.