Progression of the most expensive transfer in Serie A

The following list shows the chronological progression of the most expensive transfer in the history of the Serie A. All the buying teams are Italian.

The cost does not include the salary of the player, an aspect that in the last few decades the sports press usually merged.

However, the list is not complete, since in some cases between two consecutive transfers listed it is possible that there is a third one that for a period was the new record.

Date Player From To Cost
July 1942 Italy Valentino Mazzola and Italy Ezio Loik Venezia Torino ₤1.25 million+[1][2][3]
19 September 1945 Italy Silvio Piola Lazio Juventus ~₤2 million[4][5][6]
20 August 1946 Italy Osvaldo Fattori Vicenza Sampdoria ₤10 million[7][8]
25 June 1949 Italy Giuseppe Moro Bari Torino ₤53 million[9][10]
June 1952 Sweden Hasse Jeppson Atalanta Napoli ₤75 million[11][12][13]
27 May 1957 Argentina Omar Sívori River Plate Juventus ~₤150 million ($ARS10 million)[14][15]
10 July 1975 Italy Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna Napoli ₤2 billion[16][17]
June 1983 Brazil Zico Flamengo Udinese ~₤6 billion ($US4 million)[18]
30 June 1984 Argentina Diego Maradona Barcelona Napoli ~₤12.75 billion ($7.5 million)[19][20]
17 May 1990 Italy Roberto Baggio Fiorentina Juventus ₤16 billion[21][22]
30 June 1992 Italy Gianluigi Lentini Torino A.C. Milan ₤23 billion[23]
July 1997 Brazil Ronaldo Barcelona Inter Milan ~₤48 billion (Pta4 billion)[24][25]
8 June 1999 Italy Christian Vieri Lazio Inter Milan ₤90 billion[26][27]
10 July 2000 Argentina Hernán Crespo Parma Lazio ₤110 billion ($35.5 million)[28][29][30]
26 July 2016 Argentina Gonzalo Higuain Napoli Juventus €90 million[31][32]
10 July 2018 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Juventus €100 million[33]

See also

References

  1. ^ The details of the agreement provided the transfer of Mazzola and Loik from Venice to Turin for the amount of ₤1.25 million and the transfer of Raúl Mezzadra and Walter Petron to the Venetian team, as a further adjustment.
  2. ^ "Loik e Mazzola hanno firmato per il Torino" (in Italian). La Stampa. 8 July 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. ^ Eugenio Danese (1 October 1942). "Il terzo campionato di guerra e i suoi probabili protagonisti" (in Italian). Il Littoriale. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ^ The agreement was structured as follows: ₤1.5 million in cash to be paid to Lazio and a friendly match to be played in Rome with tickets revenue (estimated around ₤0.5 million) in favor of Lazio itself.
  5. ^ "Alla Juventus ed al Torino" (in Italian). La Nuova Stampa. 21 September 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Il campionato di calcio 1945-46. Le squadre e i giocatori della Lega del Nord" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 26 September 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Fattori alla Liguria per 10 milioni!!" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 21 August 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ^ Vittorio Finizio (1 September 1946). "Le 20 squadre di Serie A come si presentano dopo la campagna degli ingaggi" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. p. 3. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Il caso Moro" (in Italian). La Nuova Stampa. 26 June 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Fervono tra Torino e Bari le trattative per Moro" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 25 June 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  11. ^ The 105 million, often reported in recent sources, consisted 75 million to Atalanta and 30 million salary to the player for the three years contract.
  12. ^ "La Roma promossa e il caso Foni" (in Italian). Nuova Stampa Sera. 24 June 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Nesti all'Inter" (in Italian). Nuova Stampa Sera. 8 July 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Sivori del River Plate passerebbe alla Juventus" (in Italian). la Nuova Stampa. 4 May 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Concluso il passaggio di Sivori alla Juventus" (in Italian). La Nuova Stampa. 28 May 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  16. ^ Napoli paid Bologna ₤1.4 billion in cash with additional transfers of Sergio Clerici and Rosario Rampanti (co-owned with Turin), for the total amount of ₤2 billion.
  17. ^ Giorgio Gandolfi (11 July 1975). "Follia: Savoldi 2 miliardi" (in Italian). Stampa Sera. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  18. ^ Bruno Bernardi (14 June 1983). "In una busta segreta il domani della Roma" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 21. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  19. ^ Gian Paolo Ormezzano (3 July 1984). "Sedici miliardi per Diego Maradona" (in Italian). La Stampa. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  20. ^ "E ora il Napoli vuole affittare Maradona per quattro stagioni" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 19 May 1984. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  21. ^ Fulvio Bianchi (18 May 1990). "25 miliardi, Baggio è d'oro" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Nel contratto dei record anche la villa e una Ferrari" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 19 May 1990. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  23. ^ Claudio Giacchino (1 July 1992). "Lentini, fuga nel Milan" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 29. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Le curiosità" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 12 July 1997. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  25. ^ Nino Sormani (21 June 1997). "E Ronaldo ha firmato" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 35. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  26. ^ In detail, Internazionale paid Lazio with ₤69 billion and the sale of Diego Simeone, valued at ₤21 billion.
  27. ^ "Vieri, l'Inter fa la follia del secolo" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 9 June 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  28. ^ In detail, Lazio acquired Crespo through the sale of Matías Almeyda (valued ₤45 billion) and Sérgio Conceição (₤30 billion) and ₤35 billion in cash.
  29. ^ "Inarrestabile Lazio, un colpo da record" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 12 July 2000. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  30. ^ "Real tipped to land Kaka for £56m". BBC Sport. 3 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  31. ^ "Gonzalo Higuain è bianconero!" (in Italian). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  32. ^ "90 milioni Juventus-Higuain, è storia: spazzato via il record di 55 Lazio-Crespo" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  33. ^ Enrico Turcato (12 July 2018). "Facciamo i conti: Ronaldo da record in tutto, acquisto più costoso e stipendio più elevato" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 July 2018.