Evolution of world record transfer deals since 1893
Neymar completed his record-shattering transfer from Barcelona to Paris St Germain on Thursday, signing a five-year deal with the French club after they triggered his 222 million euros (200 million pounds) release clause.
The 25-year-old Brazil forward is committed to PSG until June 2022, the club said in a statement. Media reports have said he could earn around 550,000 euros per week.
Following Neymar's world record transfer from Barcelona to Paris St Germain, these are the major world record deals in pounds sterling since Willie Groves of Scotland became the first 100 pounds player in 1893:
Date Player Country From To Fee (pounds)
1893 Willie Groves Scotland West Brom Aston Villa 100
1905 Alf Common England Sunderland Middlesbrough 1,000
1922 Syd Puddefoot England West Ham Falkirk 5,000
1922 Warney Cresswell England South Sheilds Sunderland 5,500
1925 Bob Kelly England Burnley Sunderland 6,500
1928 David Jack England Bolton Arsenal 10,890
1932 B. Ferreyra Argentina Tigre River Plate 23,000
1949 Johnny Morris England Man Utd Derby County 24,000
1949 Eddie Quigley England Sheff W Preston 26,500
1950 Trevor Ford Wales Aston Villa Sunderland 30,000
1951 Jackie Sewell England Notts County Sheffield W 34,500
1952 Hans Jeppson Sweden Atalanta Napoli 52,000
1954 Juan Schiaffino Uruguay Penarol AC Milan 72,000
1957 Omar Sivori Argentina River Plate Juventus 93,000
1961 Luis Suarez Spain Barcelona Inter Milan 152,000
1963 Angelo Sormoni Brazil Mantova AS Roma 250,000
1967 Harald Nielsen Denmark Bologna Inter Milan 300,000
1968 Pietro Anastasi Italy Varese Juventus 500,000
1973 Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax Barcelona 922,000
1975 Giuseppe Savoldi Italy Bologna Napoli 1.2m
1976 Paolo Rossi Italy Vicenza Juventus 1.75m
1982 Diego Maradona Argentina Boca Juniors Barcelona 3.0m
1984 Diego Maradona Argentina Barcelona Napoli 5.0m
1987 Ruud Gullit N'lands PSV Eindhoven AC Milan 6.0m
1990 Roberto Baggio Italy Fiorentina Juventus 8.0m
1992 Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille AC Milan 10.0m
1992 Gianluca Vialli Italy Sampdoria Juventus 12.0m
1993 Gianluigi Lentini Italy Torino AC Milan 13.0m
1996 Alan Shearer England Blackburn Newcastle 15.0m
1997 Ronaldo Brazil Barcelona Inter Milan 19.5m
1998 Denilson Brazil Sao Paulo Real Betis 21.5m
1999 Christian Vieri Italy Lazio Inter Milan 32.0m
2000 Hernan Crespo Argentina Parma Lazio 35.5m
2000 Luis Figo Portugal Barcelona Real Madrid 37.0m
2001 Zinedine Zidane France Juventus Real Madrid 53.0m
2009 Kaka Brazil AC Milan Real Madrid 56.0m
2009 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Man Utd Real Madrid 80.0m
2013 Gareth Bale Wales Tottenham H Real Madrid 85.3m
2016 Paul Pogba France Juventus Man Utd 89.0m
2017 Neymar Brazil Barcelona PSG 200.6m
