Following Paul Pogba's reported world record transfer from Juventus to Manchester United for 89 million pounds on Tuesday, these are the major world record transfer deals based on pounds sterling since Willie Groves became the first 100 pound player when he moved from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893.
Read as year, player, country, teams involved, fee in pounds
1893, Willie Groves, Scotland, West Brom to Aston Villa, 100
1905, Alf Common, England, Sunderland to Middlesbrough, 1,000
1922, Syd Puddefoot, England, West Ham to Falkirk, 5,000
1922, Warney Cresswell, England, Sth Shields to Sunderland, 5,500
1925, Bob Kelly, England, Burnley to Sunderland, 6,500
1928, David Jack, England, Bolton to Arsenal, 10,890
1932, B. Ferreyra, Argentina, Tigre to River Plate, 23,000
1949, Johnny Morris, England, Man Utd to Derby County, 24,000
1949, Eddie Quigley, England, Sheff Wed to Preston, 26,500
1950, Trevor Ford, Wales, Aston Villa to Sunderland, 30,000
1951, Jackie Sewell, England, Notts County to Sheff Wed, 34,500
1952, Hans Jeppson, Sweden, Atalanta to Napoli, 52,000
1954, Juan Schiaffino, Uruguay, Penarol to AC Milan, 72,000
1957, Omar Sivori, Argentina, River Plate to Juventus, 93,000
1961, Luis Suarez, Spain, Barcelona to Inter Milan, 152,000
1963, Angelo Sormoni, Brazil, Mantova to AS Roma, 250,000
1967, Harald Nielsen, Denmark, Bologna to Inter Milan, 300,000
1968, Pietro Anastasi, Italy, Varese to Juventus, 500,000
1973, Johan Cruyff, Netherlands, Ajax to Barcelona, 922,000
1975, Giuseppe Savoldi, Italy, Bologna to Napoli, 1.2m
1976, Paolo Rossi, Italy, Vicenza to Juventus, 1.75m
1982, Diego Maradona, Argentina, Boca Juniors to Barcelona, 3m
1984, Diego Maradona, Argentina, Barcelona to Napoli 5m
1987, Ruud Gullit, Netherlands, PSV Eindhoven to AC Milan, 6m
1990, Roberto Baggio, Italy, Fiorentina to Juventus, 8m
1992, Jean-Pierre Papin, France, Marseille to AC Milan, 10m
1992, Gianluca Vialli, Italy, Sampdoria to Juventus, 12m
1993 Gianluigi Lentini, Italy, Torino to AC Milan, 13m
1996, Alan Shearer, England, Blackburn to Newcastle, 15m
1997, Ronaldo, Brazil, Barcelona to Inter Milan, 19.5m
1998, Denilson, Brazil, Sao Paulo to Real Betis, 21.5m
1999, Christian Vieri, Italy, Lazio to Inter Milan, 32m
2000, Hernan Crespo, Argentina, Parma to Lazio, 35.5m
2000, Luis Figo, Portugal, Barcelona to Real Madrid, 37m
2001, Zinedine Zidane, France, Juventus to Real Madrid, 53m
2009, Kaka, Brazil, AC Milan to Real Madrid, 56m
2009, Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal, Man Utd to Real Madrid, 80m
2013, Gareth Bale, Wales, Tottenham to Real Madrid, 85.3m
2016, Paul Pogba, France, Juventus to Man Utd, 89m
(With agency inputs)