Most Expensive Players in Football: Ranking the top 10 by transfer fees

(L-R) Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, Neymar
(L-R) Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, Neymar

#9 Romelu Lukaku = £75,000,000 (Everton to Manchester United)

Manchester United v Everton - Premier League
Manchester United v Everton - Premier League

Romelu Lukaku is a 25-year-old centre-forward who plays for Manchester United in the Premier League. He is also a Belgium international, who has played 79 games since his debut back in March 2010.

Despite initially struggling after his move from Anderlecht to Chelsea, Lukaku's career was revitalised during his loan spell with West Bromwich Albion in the 2012/13 Premier League campaign. He scored a staggering 17 goals in the league, an amount rarely seen from a teenager -- he was 19 at the time.

However, Mourinho still didn't have the room for him to fit in on his return to Stamford Bridge, and so he was loaned out to Everton the following season. He performed well here, too, and impressed the Toffees so much that they signed him for a flat-out £30m fee in July 2014.

Lukaku showed no signs of slowing down and continued to do great things at Goodison Park, prompting looks of envy from the top-tier clubs who had foolishly dismissed him as a one-off. It would Man United, though, that splashed the cash three years after he signed with Everton, buying him for a whopping £75m.

The final fee was to be paid overtime; Everton were handed the initial £75m but it would be the £15m in additional bonuses that notched it up even further.

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