First, read the headline again because every time we do these lists we get people pointing out that these are not the five biggest sales. Because they’re not; they’re the five last record sales. Got it?
Arsenal
Paul Merson – £5m (to Middlesbrough in July 1997)
Nicolas Anelka – £22.3m (to Real Madrid in August 1999)
Marc Overmars – £25m (to Barcelona in July 2000)
Cesc Fabregas – £25.4m (to Barcelona in August 2011)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – £35m (to Liverpool in August 2017)
Conclusion: Arsenal really are rotten at selling players. And it’s unlikely that run will change with Nicolas Pepe proving a very hard sell.
Aston Villa
Dwight Yorke – £12.6m (to Manchester United in August 1998)
James Milner – £18m, plus a Stephen Ireland (to Manchester City in August 2010)
Stewart Downing – £20m (to Liverpool in July 2011)
Christian Benteke – £32.5m (to Liverpool in July 2015)
Jack Grealish – £100m (to Man City, August 2021)
Grealish’s benchmark looks likely to be passed only when Man Utd panic and spend £150million on John McGinn.
Bournemouth
Lewis Grabban – £3m (to Norwich in June 2014)
Tommy Elphick – £3.2m (to Aston Villa in June 2016)
Matt Ritchie – £12m (to Newcastle in July 2016)
Tyrone Mings – £20m rising to £25m (to Aston Villa in July 2019)
Nathan Ake – £40m (to Manchester City in August 2020)
That’s quite an acceleration through the gears for middling centre-halves.
Brentford
Ezri Konsa – £12m (to Aston Villa in July 2019)
Chris Mepham – £12.2m (to Bournemouth in January 2019)
Neal Maupay – £20m (to Brighton in August 2019)
Said Benrahma – £20m plus add-ons (to West Ham in January 2021)
Ollie Watkins – £28m rising to £33m (to Aston Villa in September 2020)
Brentford have absolutely nailed this transfer malarkey. Ivan Toney next?
Brighton
Adam Virgo – £1.8m (to Celtic in July 2005)
Liam Bridcutt – £2.5m (to Sunderland in January 2014)
Leonardo Ulloa – £8m (to Leicester in July 2014)
Anthony Knockaert – £10.5m (to Fulham in July 2020)
Ben White – £50m (to Arsenal in July 2021)
Yves Bissouma has gone for less thanks to an expiring contract so it’s hard to see when this gets broken.
Chelsea
Juan Mata – £37.1m (to Manchester United in January 2014)
David Luiz – £40m (to PSG in June 2014)
Oscar – £52m (to Shanghai SIPG in January 2017)
Diego Costa – £57.1m (to Atletico Madrid in January 2018)
Eden Hazard – £88m (to Real Madrid in June…
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