Three years ago, Paris Saint-Germain shook up the football world when they signed Neymar from Barcelona for a staggering \u20ac222 million. In the next summer transfer window, the club prised Kylian Mbappe away from Monaco for \u20ac145 million, plus \u20ac35 million in bonuses. The two most expensive transfers of all time had a massive impact on the entire football ecosystem, causing a significant jump in transfer fees.<\/p>\n
According to data presented by Safe Betting Sites<\/a>, half of the top ten most expensive football transfers of all time happened in the last two years, with their total value reaching almost \u20ac600 million.<\/p>\n Throughout the years, mega-money moves have been taking place in the European football market<\/a>. Spanish giants like Real Madrid have been known to splash the cash, breaking the transfer record to sign Zinedine Zidane in 2001 for \u20ac75 million, Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009 for \u20ac94 million, and Gareth Bale in 2013 for \u20ac100 million.<\/p>\n However, the Neymar transfer created a domino effect that saw Barcelona spend a total of \u20ac265 million on Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho during the 2017\/2018 season, with both signings ranking in the top five all-time highest transfer fees. However, other mega-deals also took place after the 2017 summer transfer window<\/a>, highlighting the growing revenues of the top European football clubs.<\/p>\nThe Rise of the Big-Money Transfers<\/strong><\/h3>\n