There has been an obscene amount of cash flying to and from Premier League bank accounts over the last few years, with transfer records tumbling all the time, even in a post-pandemic world and the era of PSR.

Four Premier League clubs received record transfer fees this summer following August's transfer deadline.

So which players have gone for club-record sums? The list involves 11 Brits, 2 world-record deals and 4 £100m-plus profits.

Note: The fees used here are obtained from news reports at the time of the transfers, including add-ons unless stated otherwise.

Rank

Club

Player

Sold to

Fee

Liverpool

Philippe Coutinho

Barcelona

£142m

Brighton

Moises Caicedo

Chelsea

£115m

West Ham

Declan Rice

Arsenal

£105m

Aston Villa

Jack Grealish

Man City

£100m

Everton

Romelu Lukaku

Man Utd

£90m

Chelsea

Eden Hazard

Real Madrid

£89m

Tottenham

Gareth Bale

Real Madrid

£85.3m

Man City

Julian Alvarez

Atletico Madrid

£81.5m

Leicester

Harry Maguire

Man Utd

£80m

Man Utd

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid

£80m

Southampton

Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool

£75m

Bournemouth

Dominic Solanke

Tottenham

£65m

Wolves

Pedro Neto

Chelsea

£54m

Crystal Palace

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Man Utd

£50m

Fulham

Aleksandar Mitrovic

Al-Hilal

£50m

Nottingham Forest

Brennan Johnson

Tottenham

£45m

Brentford

Ivan Toney

Al-Ahli

£40m

Arsenal

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Liverpool

£35m

Newcastle

Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest

£35m

Ipswich

Tyrone Mings

Bournemouth

£8m

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ByBrogan Clasper Arsenal: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £35m to Liverpool, 2017

Given the amount of cash Arsenal have splashed in more recent years, it is perhaps a surprise that their record sale dates as far back as this.

However, the Gunners have been perennially poor sellers, particularly under Arsene Wenger, though he received a pretty cool £35m when Liverpool came calling for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in 2017, just months after the midfielder helped Arsenal to the FA Cup.

Considering Oxlade-Chamberlain only shone in brief glimpses at Anfield, Arsenal can put this down as a fine piece of business.

Aston Villa: Jack Grealish £100m to Man City, 2021

After guiding Aston Villa to promotion and then Premier League survival, it had seemed just a matter of time before Jack Grealish would take the next step in his career.

To the Villans’ credit, they kept hold of the Englishman’s services for a further year, but could not say no to champions Manchester City, who came forward with a British-record nine-figure bid in the summer of 2021.

Grealish was part of City’s treble-winning side in 2022/23, while Villa have gone from strength to strength in his absence, and will take part in the Champions League alongside Man City over the coming months. Grealish’s departure may have been bittersweet, but things have worked out pretty well for all parties.

Bournemouth: Dominic Solanke £65m to Tottenham, 2024

Bournemouth broke their own transfer record this summer, but not before receiving the largest sum in the club’s history for one of their players.

Dominic Solanke’s move to Tottenham Hotspur cost the north Londoners £65m – eclipsing the £40m they received from Manchester City for Nathan Ake in 2020.

The Cherries responded to Solanke’s departure by signing Evanilson for just over £40m from FC Porto, though whether he’ll be able to fill the void left by Solanke remains to be seen.

Brentford: Ivan Toney £40m to Al-Ahli, 2024

Brentford ended the 2024 summer transfer window by finally offloading Ivan Toney, who had seemingly been in the shop window for some time.

Toney seemed destined to break Brentford's transfer record once he reportedly had a £100m price tag attached to him as the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal circled.

But while a mega-money move failed to materialise, Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Ahli were the team to finally prise him away from west London, with the PIF-funded club's £40m bid surpassing the £33m that Brentford received for Ollie Watkins in 2020.

Brighton: Moises Caicedo £115m to Chelsea, 2023

Moises Caicedo was subject to interest from Chelsea and Liverpool in summer 2023, with the Ecuadorian selecting the Blues as his next destination after Brighton & Hove Albion accepted mammoth bids from both clubs.

Despite approving a £111m transfer to the Reds, Chelsea decided to go one further by structuring a deal that could yet rise to £115m.

It was reported that £15m of that total is in appearance-related add-ons, so it may be only a matter of time before it officially becomes the most expensive transfer between two British clubs.

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2 ByStephan Georgiou Chelsea: Eden Hazard £89m to Real Madrid, 2019

Chelsea have had a history of receiving handsome transfer sums for players in recent years, and while Eden Hazard is undoubtedly one of their better stars within the last decade or so, the £89m they received upfront from Real Madrid turned out to be a terrific steal.

The deal to send the Belgian to the Santiago Bernabeu – which came off the back of Hazard guiding Chelsea to Europa League glory – could have reached over £150m. However, given the Blues legend only featured 76 times in an injury-ridden four-year spell in Madrid before retiring, we highly doubt many of the add-ons were ever activated.

Still, it is comfortably the highest fee Chelsea have received – it is most closely rivalled by Kai Havertz’s move to Arsenal for £65m last year.

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ByFreddie Taylor Crystal Palace: Aaron Wan-Bissaka £50m to Man Utd, 2019

Manchester United’s spending spree in 2019 features multiple times in this list as they parted with nearly £150m that summer alone. A decent chunk of that went on bringing in Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace for £50m.

The five years that have followed have not been too rosy for the club nor the player, with the Red Devils making a significant loss on the full-back when selling him to West Ham United ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.

The Eagles have often been resolute when it comes to high-profile interest in their players, and recently had their resolve tested once more this summer as Newcastle threatened to eclipse the sum received for Wan-Bissaka while seeking to add Marc Guehi to their squad.

Everton: Romelu Lukaku £90m to Man Utd, 2017

It has all been downhill for Everton since selling Romelu Lukaku in 2017, when he linked up with Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford.

However, Everton did manage to secure a princely sum for the striker, with United paying the Toffees an initial £75m in a deal that included a further £15m in add-ons.

It is unclear how much of these were activated, but Everton have struggled on and off the pitch since, finishing in the top half just once since the turn of the decade and remaining out of Europe since the year of the Belgian’s departure – all while being under scrutiny for their finances amid a number of transfer flops.

Fulham: Aleksandar Mitrovic £50m to Al-Hilal, 2023

Fulham were one of the many victims of the Saudi Pro League’s raid on European-based footballers. Their riches were too much for Aleksandar Mitrovic to ignore in the summer of 2023 – and they nearly took manager Marco Silva along with them.

However, Fulham have remained a solid top-flight club after comfortably surviving in their first season back with Mitrovic in 2022/23.

They have invested the reported £50m fee paid by Saudi champions Al-Hilal for the Serbian’s services wisely, with Rodrigo Muniz among those to shine at Craven Cottage last term.

Ipswich: Tyrone Mings £8m to Bournemouth, 2015

Premier League newcomers Ipswich Town have the lowest record sale of this year’s top-flight clubs, having sold Tyrone Mings, now at Aston Villa, to Bournemouth for £8m in 2015.

The sum will have been more than decent at the time for a Championship club, with Mings leaving for a Bournemouth side that had just escaped the second tier for the first time under Eddie Howe.

Ipswich’s summer has been marked by retaining the stars that hauled them into the top flight, along with a raft of pricey incomings, so it could be that bigger sales are on the horizon for the Tractor Boys should they be unable to maintain their Premier League status.

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