#3 Juventus
In the same year that AC Milan broke the world record transfer fee with Lentini, Juventus had done just the same beforehand when they signed Gianluca Vialli from Sampdoria for £12 million – this being the last time the current Serie A holders broke the transfer record, but their fourth time overall.
Two years prior in 1990 they had achieved the feat when they bought Roberto Baggio from Fiorentina for £8 million, and it was way back in 1968 that they last did it before that, when they purchased Pietro Anastasi from Varese who became the first £500k player.
The first time that Juventus broke the world transfer record was in 1957, signing Enrique Omar Sivori from Argentinian side River Plate for just shy of £100,000. The club also surpassed the record transfer fee paid for a South American player last year when they signed Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli for £75 million, a record they still hold, proving that the Italian giants are renowned for frequently shattering transfer records.
