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Chelsea’s € 115million signing of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan this week made the 28-year-old the most expensive footballer of all time.
The list compiled by “Statista” and viewed by “Al Arabiya.net” was based on collecting the total transfer fees for the most expensive players, with the total of Lukaku’s five professional transfers so far amounting to 327, 6 million euros, according to figures from Transfermarkt.com.
That puts him ahead of Brazilian star Neymar, whose total transfer deals have so far stood at € 310.2million in his career, albeit through just two transfer deals.
The list included Cristiano Ronald in third place with 3 transfers totaling 230 million euros, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic was in eighth place with the most transfers with 7 transfers totaling 169 million euros.
And for Lukaku, it wasn’t his only transfer record, according to Transfermarkt, with the Belgium forward adding two more records. In addition to a Serie A club’s most expensive sale … the deal was also the most expensive in the history of English club Chelsea.
In addition, Lukaku joins a group of 12 players whose transfer cost has reached no less than 100 million euros.
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