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We may be well and truly in the middle of the World Cup, but that hasn't stopped Premier League clubs from splashing the cash. On Thursday, Manchester City confirmed that they had reached an agreement to sign Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson for no less than €135 million. On the same day, Newcastle star Sandro Tonali confirmed to reporters that he was set to complete a move to Tottenham Hostpur, in a deal worht a reported €108m, with a following €8.7m in add ons. Not only will both players break their new club's transfer records, but they'll also join an exclusive club of players that have demanded a fee higher than €100m.
Player Comparison
Sandro Tonali
Elliot Anderson
Newcastle United
Manchester City
€80.00m
Market Value
€75.00m
Age
Defensive Midfield
Position
Central Midfield
Contract until
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Full Player Comparison
When we collate the full list of players that have moved for €100m or more, we can quickly see that it is a who’s who of current or former world-class players. Unsurprisingly, Neymar’s €222m move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 remains the most expensive transfer in the history of the sport, followed by Kylian Mbappé’s move from Monaco to the French capital just one year later. Ousmane Dembélé claims third spot, following his move from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona in the same year as Neymar’s record sale, while Alexander Isak’s move to Liverpool takes fourth spot and Philippe Coutinho’s departure from Anfield sits fifth.
Tonali’s €108m move to Tottenham will place the midfielder 18th on the list, overtaking Paul Pogba’s €105m move to Manchester United in 2016, which sits above Gareth Bale’s departure from Spurs in 2013. The fee also means that Tonali will become the sixth most expensive midfielder of all time, listing behind Moisés Caicedo, Declan Rice, Enzo Fernández, Jude Bellingham, and of course Anderson's move to Man City in this summer window. However, Tonali will be the first Italian player to join this exclusive club and the first Tottenham player. But whether that changes this summer remains to be seen.
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