How much would the 90's football stars cost in the current transfer market?

Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer would have cost Newcastle United £72m.

We have often wondered on how much Nineties footballing stars would cost in current transfer market. The footballing stars would have been bid with a jaw-dropping transfer fee with how the present clubs try and get the current players.

In an interesting analysis by the Daily Mail, the transfer fee for the yesteryear stars from the past 30 years would command in the current era. The list of players included in the report features stars like Alan Shearer, Zola, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona and many others..

The following are the estimates of how the footballers would cost in the current scenario:

Player Transfer fee then Transferred to Transfer fee now
1 Alan Shearer £15m Newcastle United £72m
2 Thierry Henry £16million Barcelona £72m
3 Paul Gascoigne £5.5million Lazio £65m
4 Michael Owen £8m Real Madrid £65m
5 Chris Waddle £4.5m Marseille £53m
6 Ryan Giggs Never transferred None £53m
7 Patrick Viera £13.7m Juventus £52m
8 Brayan Robson £1.8m Manchester United £50m
9 Gary Lineker £2.8m Barcelona £50m
10 John Barnes £900,000 Liverpool £48m
11 Ian Wright £2.5m Arsenal £46m
12 Dennis Bergkamp £7.5m Arsenal £43m
13 Gianfranco Zola £4.5m Chelsea £42m
14 Roy Keane £3.75m Manchester United £38m
15 Glenn Hoddle £750,000 Monaco £37m
16 Robbie Fowler £11m Leeds £36m
17 Tony Adams Never transferred None £33m
18 Eric Cantona £1.2m Manchester United £32m
19 Teddy Sheringham £3.5m Manchester United £28m
20 Peter Schmeichel £550,000 Manchester United £24m
21 Matt Le Tissier Never transferred None £22m
22 Gary Neville Never transferred None £15m

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