The world's most expensive players
13 April 2012
As Zinedine Zidane completes his record-breaking move from Juventus to Real Madrid, we take a look at the planet's most expensive players.
| THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTBALLERS | ||||
| PLAYER | FROM | TO | FEE | |
| 1 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | R. Madrid | £48m |
| 2 | Luis Figo | Barcelona | R. Madrid | £37m |
| 3 | Hernan Crespo | Parma | Lazio | £35.4m |
| 4 | Christian Vieri | Lazio | Inter Milan | £31m |
| 5 | Marc Overmars | Arsenal | Barcelona | £25m (approx) |
| 6 | Rui Costa | Fiorentina | AC Milan | £24.5m |
| 7 | Gianluigi Buffon | Parma | Juventus | £23.3m |
| 8 | Nicolas Anelka | Arsenal | R. Madrid | £23m |
| 9 | Lilian Thuram | Parma | Juventus | £22m |
| Denilson | Sao Paulo | Real Betis | £22m | |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | Roma | £22m | |
| Claudio Lopez | Valencia | Lazio | £22m | |