The Premier League is the richest league in the world and we have seen some of the biggest ever transfer fees spent by English clubs over the years.
If Chelsea manage to land a £112million deal for Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez, he’ll become the league’s most expensive transfer and break the current record of £100million.
We’ve scrolled back through the archives and picked out the 16 Premier League record transfers since the founding of the Premier League back in 1992.
Alan Shearer (Southampton to Blackburn)
The record Premier League goalscorer was snapped up by Blackburn for £3.6million (the kids of today will be gobsmacked that fee once landed the Premier League’s most expensive player) and he went on to score 130 goals for the club across four seasons and he guided them to the 1994–95 Premier League title. They even made a profit when they eventually sold him.
Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest to Man Utd)
Keane broke the Premier League transfer record just one year after Shearer had moved to Blackburn as he completed a £3.75million deal to Manchester United in July 1993.
That one turned out alright.
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Chris Sutton (Norwich to Blackburn)
Blackburn’s renowned forward partnership of Sutton and Shearer were paired together in 1994 after Sutton completed a £5million move from Norwich in 1994. It didn’t take long before they were tearing Premier League defences apart together.
The duo scored a remarkable 49 league goals between them in the 1994–95 season as Blackburn clinched the league title by a single point.
Andy Cole (Newcastle to Man Utd)
“For the treble season alone, Yorke and [Andy] Cole were the best [strike partnership I played with at Manchester United],” Gary Neville told Sky Sports. “They were sensational, the way they played together. They lit up the whole league, they lit up Europe.”
United landed a £7million deal for Cole in January 1995 and what a signing it proved to be. The forward went on to score 121 goals for Manchester United in 275 appearances.
Dennis Bergkamp (Inter Milan to Arsenal)
Bergkamp defined an era at Arsenal as his effortless style of play left fans breathless each week.
In June 1995, the Gunners splashed out £7.5million on the Dutch forward, who went on to win three league titles with the club.
When Dennis Bergkamp produced this beauty of an assist in 2001… pic.twitter.com/GcuZgc1Rzv
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