Following
Manchester United’s British record transfer for Real Madrid superstar Angel di
Maria, the top ten most expensive Premier League signings list has a new
frontrunner!
The
trend of paying immense transfer fees will not seem to change anytime soon even
though FIFA has already taken a measure, through the Financial Fair Play rule,
to somehow regulate such indiscretions and level the playing field.
In
any case, huge sums of money used to acquire players shows strength and more
importantly, ambition, to clubs, which will definitely produce a direct
positive effect to respective supporters, who in turn are one of the major
sources of profits.
Signings
from Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool feature
in this epic list.
Mega
deals for players such as Rio Ferdinand, Andriy Shevchenko and Wayne Rooney no
longer even make the top 10, such is the enormity of the transfer deals in
recent seasons.
Here
are the ten most expensive signings of one of Europe’s biggest
