Manchester City are reportedly going to spend 200,000 to sign 14-year-old Sunderland starlet Morten Spencer.Spencer, the versatile attacker, is highly-rated in the English youth ranks and Pep Guardiola has sent scouts out to discover the latest home grown talent.
23Finley Burns – Aged 13 (Southend to Manchester City) 175,000
Manchester City have history of spending large sums on young teenagers, with defender Burns moving to the Etihad in January 2017.
23Sheyi Ojo – Aged 14 (MK Dons to Liverpool) 2million
Liverpool beat off interest from Chelsea to sign attacker Ojo in 2011, and the 21-year-old still hopes to establish himself at Anfield after a number of loan spells.
23Raheem Sterling – Aged 15 (QPR to Liverpool) 5million
Sterling proved to be a superb buy, with the forward starring for Liverpool before joining Manchester City for 49million – netting the Reds 44million profit.
23Pietro Pellegri Aged 16 (Genoa to Monaco) 17.1million
The Italian forward signed for the Ligue 1 side in January 2018 and has so far made six appearances.
23Alexandre Pato Aged 17 (Internacional to AC Milan) 23.2million
A series of impressive displays for the Brazilian club had caught the eye of Milan who quickly snapped up the teenager despite interest from a number of European giants. The striker netted 63 times in 150 matches during his first spell.
23Vinicius Junior Aged 18 (Flamengo to Real Madrid) 38.7million
You have to be pretty special to have a club of Real Madrids calibre pay such a fee for you and the talented forward certainly is. His fee is the largest amount received for a Brazilian club, with Neymars move to Barcelona from Santos second.
23Kylian Mbappe Aged 19 (Monaco to PSG) 166million
Rising to prominence at the Monaco youth academy and then the first team, he quickly became one of the most sought after players in the world and made the switch to the French capital.
23Ousmane Dembele Aged 20 (Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona) 135.5million
The talented Frenchman joined the La Liga giants in August 2017 and is now beginning to show his class following a number of discipline issues.
23Neymar – Aged 21 (Santos to Barcelona) 48.6million
The only player to appear twice on this list, the skilful attacker joined Barcelona in 2013 and formed a deadly trident with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
23Thomas Lemar Aged 22 (Monaco to Atletico Madrid) 52.7million
Having been linked with a move to the Premier League, it was Diego Simeones side that won the race to sign the versatile French midfielder.
23Paul Pogba Aged 23 (Juventus to Manchester United) 89million
After four years away from Old Trafford, Pogba returned in the summer of 2016 and was described by then manager Jose Mourinho as being the heart of the club for the next decade.
23Gareth Bale – Aged 24 (Tottenham to Real Madrid) 85.3 million
A couple of brilliant seasons in the Premier League with Spurs, prompted Madrid to break the world record at the time to bring the Welshman to the Bernabeu and he has since gone on to win four Champions League trophies.
23Neymar Aged 25 (Barcelona to PSG) 200million
The eye-watering sum is the current world-record and it will be a while yet before this one is smashed. Declaring the French club as one of the most ambitious in Europe Neymar already has a staggering 46 goals in 51 games.
23Virgil van Dijk Aged 26 (Southampton to Liverpool) 75million
The Dutchman finally got his dream move when he sealed a transfer to Anfield on New Years Day 2018. His fee, a world record for a defender, eclipsed the 52million Manchester City paid for Benjamin Mendy.
23Luis Suarez- Aged 27 (Liverpool to Barcelona) 75million
On the back of a 31-goal season, the Golden Boot winner, PFA and Football Writers Player of the Year headed to Spain to form a formidable attack under Luis Enrique.
23Gonzalo Higuain Aged 28 (Napoli to Juventus) 75.3million
The Argentine finished the previous season as Serie As golden boot winner with a record-equalling 36 goals, only the second time a player has scored more than 30 goals in that league after Luca Toni and this was enough to convince the Old Lady.
23Zinedine Zidane Aged 29 (Juventus to Real Madrid) 46.2million
A World Cup and European champion, Zidane was in prime in 2001 and just what Real Madrid needed in their quest for football domination. A stunning volley in the 2002 Champions League final paid back a huge slice of the fee and the French maestro would grace the Bernabeu for five magical years.
23Paulinho Aged 30 (Barcelona to Guangzhou Evergrande) 42 million
After a disappointing spell with Tottenham, the Brazil international left for the Chinese Super League where he spent two years before signing with Barcelona. After a good season earned him a World Cup call-up, he went back to China six months later before re-signing permanently this January.
23Gabriel Batistuta Aged 31 (Fiorentina to Roma) 22million
Batigol was one of the worlds best strikers at the turn of the Millennium and his prolific spell with Fiorentina meant he became, at the time, the most expensive player over 30. His 20 goals in the league helped Roma clinch the Scudetto in 2000/01 for the first time since 1983.
23Fernando Llorente Aged 32 (Swansea to Tottenham) 15million
The towering Spaniard had enjoyed plenty of success with the likes of Athletic Bilbao and Juventus, but it was his relegation-saving form to keep Swansea up that earned him a move to Spurs in 2017.
23Cristiano Ronaldo Aged 33 (Real Madrid to Juventus) 99.2million
Not many people command a fee of this magnitude south of 30, but few, if any are like Ronaldo. Real Madrids record goal-scorer declared after a fifth Champions League win that he wanted a new stage in his life and opted for Italy, where he has helped Juventus stay unbeaten as they lead the way in Serie A.
23Jose Fonte Aged 34 (West Ham to Dalian Yifang) 5million
Having struggled to hold down a first-team spot in the Hammers starting XI, the defender opted for a move to the Chinese Super League as he enters the final years of his career.
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