British Football Record Transfer Fees from 1893 to 2023

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British football record transfer fees from Willie Groves’ move from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893 to Moises Caicedo move from Brighton & Hove Albion to Chelsea in 2023. Transfer fees breaking records are in Chronological Order with summary of British Clubs number of selling and buying breaking records.

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Record Breaking Players Transfer Fees

Football Clubs Number of Record Breakers

Premier League Player Transfers Summer 2023

British Football Record Breaking Transfer Fees


Date	Player	From	To	Fee
1893	Willie Groves	West Bromwich Albion	Aston Villa	£100
Jan-1904	Andy McCombie	Sunderland	Newcastle United	£700
Feb-1905	Alf Common	Sunderland	Middlesbrough	£1,000
Feb-1911	John Simpson	Falkirk	Blackburn Rovers	£1,800
Nov-1913	George Utley	Barnsley	Sheffield United	£2,000
Feb-1914	Percy Dawson	Heart of Midlothian	Blackburn Rovers	£2,500
Feb-1922	Syd Puddefoot	West Ham United	Falkirk	£5,000
Mar-1922	Warney Cresswell	South Shields	Sunderland	£5,500
Dec-1925	Bob Kelly	Burnley	Sunderland	£6,500
Oct-1928	David Jack	Bolton Wanderers	Arsenal	£10,890
Mar-1938	Bryn Jones	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Arsenal	£14,500
Sep-1947	Billy Steel	Morton	Derby County	£15,500
Nov-1947	Tommy Lawton	Chelsea	Notts County	£20,000
Feb-1948	Len Shackleton	Newcastle United	Sunderland	£20,500
Feb-1949	Johnny Morris	Manchester United	Derby County	£24,000
Dec-1949	Eddie Quigley	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston North End	£26,500
Oct-1950	Trevor Ford	Aston Villa	Sunderland	£30,000
Mar-1951	Jackie Sewell	Notts County	Sheffield Wednesday	£34,500
Jul-1955	Eddie Firmani	Charlton Athletic	Sampdoria	£35,000
Apr-1957	John Charles	Leeds United	Juventus	£65,000
Jun-1961	Gerry Hitchens	Aston Villa	Internazionale	£85,000
Dec-1961	Jimmy Greaves	AC Milasn	Tottenham Hotspur	£99,999
Jul-1962	Denis Law	Torino	Manchester United	£115,000
Jan-1968	Martin Chivers	Southampton	Tottenham Hotspur	£125,000
Jun-1968	Allan Clarke	Fulham	Leicester City	£150,000
Jun-1969	Allan Clarke	Leicester City	Leeds United	£165,000
Mar-1970	Martin Peters	West Ham United	Tottenham Hotspur	£200,000
Dec-1971	Alan Ball	Everton	Arsenal	£220,000
Aug-1972	David Nish	Leicester City	Derby County	£225,000
Feb-1974	Bob Latchford	Birmingham City	Everton	£350,000
Jun-1977	Kevin Keegan	Liverpool	SV Hamburg	£500,000
Jan-1979	David Mills	Middlesbrough	West Bromwich Albion	£516,000
Feb-1979	Trevor Francis	Birmingham City	Nottingham Forest	£1,180,000
Sep-1979	Steve Daley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester City	£1,450,000
Sep-1979	Andy Gray	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,469,000
Oct-1981	Bryan Robson	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester United	£1,500,000
May-1984	Ray Wilkins	Manchester United	Milan	£1,500,000
May-1986	Mark Hughes	Manchester United	Barcelona	£2,300,000
Jun-1987	Ian Rush	Liverpool	Juventus	£3,200,000
Jul-1989	Chris Waddle	Tottenham Hotspur	Olympique de Marseille	£4,250,000
Jul-1991	David Platt	Aston Villa	Bari	£5,500,000
Aug-1991	Trevor Steven	Rangers	Olympique de Marseille	£5,500,000
Jun-1992	Paul Gascoigne	Tottenham Hotspur	Lazio	£5,500,000
Jan-1995	Andy Cole	Newcastle United	Manchester United	£7,000,000
Jun-1995	Dennis Bergkamp	Internazionale	Arsenal	£7,500,000
Jun-1995	Stan Collymore	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool	£8,500,000
Jul-1996	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle United	£15,000,000
Aug-1999	Nicolas Anelka	Arsenal	Real Madrid	£22,500,000
Jul-2001	Juan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	Manchester United	£28,100,000
Jul-2002	Rio Ferdinand	Leeds United	Manchester United	£29,100,000
Jul-2006	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	Chelsea	£30,800,000
Sep-2008	Robinho	Real Madrid	Manchester City	£32,500,000
Jul-2009	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Real Madrid	£80,000,000
Sep-2013	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid	£85,300,000
Aug-2016	Paul Pogba	Juventus	Manchester United	£89,000,000
Jan-2018	Philippe Coutinho	Liverpool	Barcelona	£105,000,000
Aug-2021	Jack Grealish	Aston Villa	Manchester City	£100,000,000
Jan-2023	Enzo Fernández	Benfica	Chelsea	£106,800,000
Jul-2023	Declan Rice	West Ham United	Arsenal	£105,000,000
Aug-2023	Moises Caicedo	Brighton & Hove Albion	Chelsea	£115,000,000

Moises Caicedo from Brighton & Hove Albion to Chelsea is the record transfer between British Clubs

British Football Player Transfer Records Seller and Buyers



Selling Clubs			Buying Clubs
4	Aston Villa	6	Manchester United
4	Manchester United	5	Arsenal
3	Tottenham Hotspur	4	Sunderland
3	West Ham United	3	Chelsea
2	Birmingham City	3	Derby County
2	Leeds United	3	Manchester City
2	Leicester City	3	Real Madrid
2	Liverpool	3	Tottenham Hotspur
2	Newcastle United	2	Blackburn Rovers
2	Sunderland	2	Juventus
2	West Bromwich Albion	2	Newcastle United
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	Olympique de Marseille
1	AC Milan	1	Aston Villa
1	Arsenal	1	Barcelona
1	Barnsley	1	Bari
1	Benfica	1	Everton
1	Blackburn Rovers	1	Falkirk
1	Bolton Wanderers	1	Lazio
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	Leeds United
1	Burnley	1	Leeds United
1	Charlton Athletic	1	Leicester City
1	Chelsea	1	Liverpool
1	Everton	1	Middlesbrough
1	Falkirk	1	Milan
1	Fulham	1	Nottingham Forest
1	Heart of Midlothian	1	Notts County
1	Internazionale	1	Preston North End
1	Juventus	1	Sampdoria
1	Lazio	1	Sheffield United
1	Manchester City	1	Sheffield Wednesday
1	Middlesbrough	1	SV Hamburg
1	Milan	1	Torino
1	Morton	1	West Bromwich Albion
1	Nottingham Forest	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1	Notts County
1	Rangers
1	Real Madrid
1	Sheffield Wednesday
1	Southampton
1	South Shields
1	Torino