10. Philippe Coutinho (total transfer fees: 208 million USD). The Brazilian midfielder started his career at Vasco Da Gama, before moving to Inter, Liverpool, Barca, Bayern (loan), Aston Villa, Al Duhail (free loan), and then returning to Vasco Da Gama (free). His most expensive transfer was from Liverpool to Barca for 160 million USD.

His most notable achievements include 128 goals in 562 matches, a treble of the Champions League, Bundesliga, and German Cup in the 2019-2020 season with Bayern, and two La Liga titles with Barca.

9. Matheus Cunha (222 million USD). The Brazilian forward began his career at Sion, moving to RB Leipzig, Hertha Berlin, Atletico Madrid, Wolves, and most notably, Man Utd this summer for 85 million USD.

Cunha has scored 72 goals in 270 matches but has not yet won any titles.

8. Matthijs De Ligt (228 million USD). The Dutch center-back started at Ajax before transferring to Juventus for nearly 100 million USD. However, his value declined after subsequent moves to Bayern (77 million USD) and Man Utd (52 million USD).

De Ligt has won the Dutch league (Ajax), Serie A (Juventus), and the Bundesliga (Bayern).

7. Antoine Griezmann (238 million USD). The French forward started his career at Sociedad and made his name at Atletico Madrid. He caused a stir when Barca signed him for 166 million USD, but he didn't meet expectations and returned to Atletico.

Griezmann's notable achievements include scoring 285 goals in 749 matches and winning the Europa League with Atletico.

6. Alvaro Morata (240 million USD). The Spanish forward started at Real, before moving to Juventus, Real, Chelsea, Atletico, Juventus (paid loan), AC Milan, and Galatasaray (free loan). His highest transfer fee was 80 million USD to Chelsea.

Morata's most significant achievements include 230 goals in 630 matches, two Champions League titles, two La Liga titles with Real, two Serie A titles with Juventus, a Europa League title with Chelsea, and the Turkish league title with Galatasaray.

5. Ousmane Dembele (254 million USD). The French forward began his career at Rennes before making a name for himself at Dortmund. He commanded a 179 million USD transfer fee from Barca.

However, recurring injuries hampered his time at Camp Nou. In the summer of 2023, Dembele moved to PSG for 58 million USD.

His best achievements include 116 goals in 381 matches, a Champions League title, two Ligue 1 titles with PSG, and three La Liga titles with Barca.

4. Joao Felix (261 million USD). The Portuguese forward started at Benfica before making a high-profile 147 million USD move to Atletico Madrid. However, Felix never reached the top level. He went on loan to Chelsea (paid loan), Barca (free loan), then Chelsea (permanent transfer for 60 million USD), AC Milan (loan), and finally to Al Nassr.

Felix has scored 85 goals in 309 matches, winning the Portuguese league with Benfica, La Liga with Atletico, and the Conference League with Chelsea.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (286 million USD). The Portuguese forward began at Sporting, moving to Man Utd, Real, Juventus, back to Man Utd, and then to Al Nassr on a free transfer. His transfers to Real and Juventus both exceeded 100 million USD.

Ronaldo's greatest achievements include 800 goals in 1,062 club matches, five Champions League titles, three Premier League titles with Man Utd, two La Liga titles with Real, and two Serie A titles with Juventus.

2. Romelu Lukaku (427 million USD). The Belgian forward started at Anderlecht. He then played for Chelsea, Everton, Man Utd, Inter, Chelsea, Inter (paid loan), Roma (paid loan), and Napoli.

His greatest achievements include 314 goals in 674 matches and two Serie A titles with Inter and Napoli.

1. Neymar (462 million USD). The Brazilian forward began his career at Santos before moving to Barca for 102 million USD, PSG for 263 million USD, Al Hilal for 97 million USD, and back to Santos on a free transfer.

His greatest achievements include 364 goals in 607 matches, a Champions League title, two La Liga titles with Barca, five Ligue 1 titles with PSG, and a Saudi Pro League title with Al Hilal.

Ngoc Tuan

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