Top 25 most expensive Premier League transfers of all-time, according to today’s money
Find out the biggest deals since 1992, according to TotallyMoney's Transfer Index
The January transfer window is not too far around the corner so we're seeing plenty of rumours and speculation about possible moves.
Already there are murmurings about Real Madrid plotting a £90million Premier League raid with Manchester United star Marcus Rashford and Tottenham's Christian Eriksen their targets.
These days, £90million seems cheap for stars of such quality, which speaks volumes about how the prices of footballers has changed over the years.
In the 1992/93 season it was rare to see transfers above £2million with the biggest transfer Alan Shearer's £3million move from Southampton to Blackburn Rovers.
Even the £26.2million Chelsea paid for the recently retired Didier Drogba looks astonishing now but thanks to we now know this deal is actually the equivalent of the Blues paying £115.7million today.
The credit report specialists took the average transfer values of players since the English Premier League began in 1992, and compared the increase in transfer costs over time.
From this, they calculated a “football player inflation” to work out how much footballers would cost if they were bought today.
And using this you can find what the top 25 most expensive Premier League players of all-time would be below...
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1. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan to Chelsea) 2006/07
Then: £29,400,000
Now: £144,400,000
2. Alan Shearer (Blackburn to Newcastle United) 1996/97
Then: £15,000,000
Now: £125,100,000
3. Rio Ferdinand (Leeds to Manchester United) 2002/03
Then: £29,000,000
Now: £121,700,000
4. Paul Pogba (Juventus to Manchester United) 2016/17
Then: £86,000,000
Now: £117,700,000
5. Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio to Manchester United) 2001/02
Then: £26,400,000
Now: £115,900,000
6. Didier Drogba (Marseille to Chelsea) 2004/05
Then: £26,200,000
Now: £115,700,000
7. Fernando Torres (Liverpool to Chelsea) 2010/11
Then: £50,000,000
Now: £115,500,000
8. Michael Essien (Olympique Lyonnais to Chelsea) 2005/06
Then: £25,800,000
Now: £115,500,000
9. Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest to Manchester United) 1993/94
Then: £5,700,000
Now: £111,200,000
10. Wayne Rooney (Everton to Manchester United) 2004/05
Then: £25,200,000
Now: £103,600,000
11. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid to Manchester United) 2014/15
Then: £61,000,000
Now: £99,800,000
12. Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid to Manchester City) 2011/12
Then: £35,000,000
Now: £99,100,000
13. Kevin De Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg to Manchester City) 2015/16
Then: £55,000,000
Now: £98,900,000
14. Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City to Chelsea) 2005/06
Then: £21,400,000
Now: £95,800,000
15. Andy Cole (Newcastle to Manchester United) 1994/95
Then: £6,400,000
Now: £91,200,000
16. Robinho (Real Madrid to Manchester City) 2008/09
Then: £34,000,000
Now: £91,200,000
17. Fernando Torres (Atlético Madrid to Liverpool) 2007/08
Then: £25,800,000
Now: £90,700,000
18. Michael Carrick (Tottenham Hotspur to Manchester United) 2006/07
Then: £18,500,000
Now: £90,200,000
19. Ricardo Carvalho (FC Porto to Chelsea) 2004/05
Then: £20,400,000
Now: £84,400,000
20. Stan Collymore (Nottingham Forest to Liverpool) 1995/96
Then: £8,700,000
Now: £82,900,000
21. Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa to Manchester United) 1998/99
Then: £12,800,000
Now: £81,000,000
22. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool to Manchester City) 2015/16
Then: £47,000,000
Now: £80,600,000
23. Andy Carroll (Newcastle to Liverpool) 2010/11
Then: £35,000,000
Now: £79,600,000
24. Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham to Manchester United) 2008/09
Then: £30,000,000
Now: £79,300,000
25. Hernán Crespo (Inter Milan to Chelsea) 2003/04
Then: £17,900,000
Now: £78,100,000