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The progression of the British football transfer fee record tracks the increases in the record for the highest transfer fee paid or received by British association football clubs. A transfer fee is the sum of money paid by one club to purchase the contract, and therefore the playing services, of a professional footballer. Fees are not generally formally disclosed by the clubs involved, and discrepancies can occur in figures quoted in the press. Trevor Francis, for example, is regarded as Britain's first £1m player but was officially transferred for £975,000. The generally reported figure of £1,180,000 included Value Added Tax, fees to the Football League and Francis' signing fee. Discrepancies may also occur due to deals which involve additional sums to be paid at a later date after a player has made a certain number of appearances, joint fees for two or more players, or deals in which one player is exchanged for a sum of money plus another player.

The first ever three-figure transfer fee was the £100 paid by Aston Villa in 1893 for Willie Groves. Eleven years later, Alf Common joined Middlesbrough for the first ever four-figure fee, a sum which caused a national sensation and outrage amongst the football authorities. The £5,000 mark was first reached in 1922 when Falkirk paid that amount for West Ham United's Syd Puddefoot, and six years later Arsenal paid the first ever £10,000 fee to acquire David Jack of Bolton Wanderers. After the Second World War, the spending power of clubs in mainland Europe outstripped that of British clubs for the first time, resulting in several substantial jumps in the transfer record. John Charles became the first British player to command a fee of £50,000 when he joined Juventus in 1957, and four years later Denis Law joined Torino in the first £100,000 transaction involving a British club.

The 1970s saw a rapid increase in transfer fees. Martin Peters became the first £200,000 player in 1970, but by 1977 Kevin Keegan's move to West Germany's Hamburger SV had taken the record to £500,000. In January 1979 David Mills became the first player to be purchased for £500,000 by a British club, but just one month later Nottingham Forest paid twice that amount to acquire Birmingham City's Trevor Francis. In 1981 Bryan Robson cost Manchester United £1,500,000, but fees paid by British clubs lagged behind those paid by clubs in Italy, France and Spain to take British players abroad until 1995, when Manchester United paid Newcastle United £7,000,000 for Andy Cole. 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.

On 1 September 2008, Manchester City agreed a reported £32,500,000 fee for Robinho, which remained the record amount paid by a British club until 31 January 2011, when Liverpool paid £35,000,000 for Andy Carroll from Newcastle United, which was also a new record amount paid for a British player. A few hours later, the record amount paid by a British club was broken again when Chelsea paid £50,000,000 for Fernando Torres from Liverpool.

On 11 June 2009, Manchester United announced that they had accepted an £80,000,000 bid from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. The transfer was completed on 1 July 2009, setting not only a new British transfer record, but also a new world record (either in pounds or euros).

Record progression [edit]

Date	Player	From	To	Fee	Notes
18931893	Groves, WillieWillie Groves	West Bromwich Albion	Aston Villa	£100
1904January 1904	McCombie, AndyAndy McCombie	Sunderland	Newcastle United	£700
1905February 1905	Common, AlfAlf Common	Sunderland	Middlesbrough	£1,000
1913July 1913	Lillycrop, GeorgeGeorge Lillycrop	Barnsley	Bolton Wanderers	£1,300
1913November 1913	Utley, GeorgeGeorge Utley	Barnsley	Sheffield United	£2,000
1914February 1914	Dawson, PercyPercy Dawson	Heart of Midlothian	Blackburn Rovers	£2,500
1922 (1)February 1922	Puddefoot, SydSyd Puddefoot	West Ham United	Falkirk	£5,000
1922 (2)March 1922	Cresswell, WarneyWarney Cresswell	South Shields	Sunderland	£5,500
1925December 1925	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	Burnley	Sunderland	£6,500
1928October 1928	Jack, DavidDavid Jack	Bolton Wanderers	Arsenal	£10,890
1938March 1938	Jones, BrynBryn Jones	Wolves	Arsenal	£14,500
1947 (1)September 1947	Steel, BillyBilly Steel	Morton	Derby County	£15,500
1947 (2)November 1947	Lawton, TommyTommy Lawton	Chelsea	Notts County	£20,000
1948February 1948	Shackleton, LenLen Shackleton	Newcastle United	Sunderland	£20,500
1949 (1)February 1949	Morris, JohnnyJohnny Morris	Manchester United	Derby County	£24,000
1949 (2)December 1949	Quigley, EddieEddie Quigley	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston North End	£26,500
1950October 1950	Ford, TrevorTrevor Ford	Aston Villa	Sunderland	£30,000
1951March 1951	Sewell, JackieJackie Sewell	Notts County	Sheffield Wednesday	£34,500
1955July 1955	Firmani, EddieEddie Firmani	Charlton Athletic	Sampdoria	£35,000
1957April 1957	Charles, JohnJohn Charles	Leeds United	Juventus	£65,000
1961June 1961	Law, DenisDenis Law	Manchester City	Torino	£100,000
1962July 1962	Law, DenisDenis Law	Torino	Manchester United	£115,000
1968June 1968	Clarke, AllanAllan Clarke	Fulham	Leicester City	£150,000
1969June 1969	Clarke, AllanAllan Clarke	Leicester City	Leeds United	£165,000
1970March 1970	Peters, MartinMartin Peters	West Ham United	Tottenham Hotspur	£200,000
1971December 1971	Ball, AlanAlan Ball	Everton	Arsenal	£220,000
1972August 1972	Nish, DavidDavid Nish	Leicester City	Derby County	£225,000
1974February 1974	Latchford, BobBob Latchford	Birmingham City	Everton	£350,000
1977June 1977	Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan	Liverpool	Hamburg	£500,000
1979 (1)January 1979	Mills, DavidDavid Mills	Middlesbrough	West Bromwich Albion	£516,000
1979 (2)February 1979	Francis, TrevorTrevor Francis	Birmingham	Nottingham Forest	£1,180,000
1979 (3)September 1979	Daley, SteveSteve Daley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester City	£1,450,000
1979 (4)September 1979	Gray, AndyAndy Gray	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1,469,000
1981October 1981	Robson, BryanBryan Robson	West Bromwich Albion	Manchester United	£1,500,000
1984May 1984	Wilkins, RayRay Wilkins	Manchester United	Milan	£1,500,000
1986May 1986	Hughes, MarkMark Hughes	Manchester United	Barcelona	£2,300,000
1987June 1987	Rush, IanIan Rush	Liverpool	Juventus	£3,200,000
1989July 1989	Waddle, ChrisChris Waddle	Tottenham	Marseille	£4,250,000
1991July 1991	Platt, DavidDavid Platt	Aston Villa	Bari	£5,500,000
1992June 1992	Gascoigne, PaulPaul Gascoigne	Tottenham	Lazio	£5,500,000
1995 (1)January 1995	Cole, AndyAndy Cole	Newcastle United	Manchester United	£7,000,000
1995 (2)June 1995	Bergkamp, DennisDennis Bergkamp	Internazionale	Arsenal	£7,500,000
1995 (3)June 1995	Collymore, StanStan Collymore	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool	£8,500,000
1996July 1996	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle United	£15,000,000
1999August 1999	Anelka, NicolasNicolas Anelka	Arsenal	Real Madrid	£22,500,000
2001July 2001	Verón, Juan SebastiánJuan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	Manchester United	£28,100,000
2002July 2002	Ferdinand, RioRio Ferdinand	Leeds United	Manchester United	£29,100,000
2006July 2006	Shevchenko, AndriyAndriy Shevchenko	Milan	Chelsea	£30,800,000
2008September 2008	Robinho	Real Madrid	Manchester City	£32,500,000
2009July 2009	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Real Madrid	£80,000,000

See also [edit]

• World football transfer record
• Transfer (football)

References [edit]

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