As Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll prepare for big-money moves to Chelsea and Liverpool respectively, here is a list of the most expensive transfers in football history:
1 Cristiano Ronaldo - Manchester United to Real Madrid, 2009, £80million
2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Inter Milan to Barcelona, 2009, £56.5million
3 Kaka - AC Milan to Real Madrid, 2009, £56million
4 Zinedine Zidane - Juventus to Real Madrid, 2001, £46.5million
5 Luis Figo - Barcelona to Real Madrid, 2000, £37million
6 Hernan Crespo - Parma to Lazio, 2000, £35.5million
7 David Villa - Valencia to Barcelona, 2010, £34million
8 Gianluigi Buffon - Parma to Juventus, 2001, £32.6million
9 Robinho - Real Madrid to Manchester City, 2008, £32.5million
10 Christian Vieri - Lazio to Inter Milan, 1999, £32million
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