After the early 2000s, the influence of Italy on European club football has been on the wane. AC Milan made three Champions League finals in five seasons, beating Juventus in one, before splitting the other two with Liverpool. Inter Milan won the most coveted title in European football in 2012, and Juventus made the final in 2015 and 2017.
Even in the transfer market, the Italian heavyweights showed their mettle early on in the millennium, with several world-record deals being agreed by different Serie A clubs. With the influx of money in England and Spain, that has changed, but the summer of 2018 promised to be different, as Juventus signed an undisputed superstar in Cristiano Ronaldo.
As a bit of trivia, we've compiled below the Serie A's Record Signings and Serie A's Record Departures.
Major Serie A Transfers - Arrivals 2018/19
Name of The Player | Destination Club | From Club | Transfer Fee |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus FC | Real Madrid | âŦ117 Million |
Radja Nainggolan | Inter Milan | AS Roma | âŦ38 Million |
Mattia Caldara | AC Milan | Juventus | âŦ35 Million |
FabiÃĄn Ruiz | SSC Napoli | Real Betis | âŦ30 Million |
Steven Nzonzi | AS Roma | Sevilla FC | âŦ26 Million |
Major Serie A Transfers - Departures 2018/19
Name of The Player | From Club | Destination Club | Transfer Fee |
Krzysztof Piatek | Genoa CFC | AC Milan | 35 Million |
Mattia Caldara | Juventus FC | AC Milan | 35 Million |
Felipe Anderson | SS Lazio | West Ham | 38 Million |
Leonardo Bonucci | AC Milan | Juventus | 35 Million |
Jorginho | SSC Napoli | Chelsea | 57 Million |
Alisson | AS Roma | Liverpool | 62.50 Million |
Serie A Record Signings
Player | From | To | Fee (In Million Euros) | Year |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Juventus | 117 | 2018 |
Gonzalo Higuain | Napoli | Juventus | 90 | 2016 |
Hernan Crespo | Parma | Lazio | 56.81 | 2000 |
Gianluigi Buffon | Parma | Juventus | 52.88 | 2000 |
Gaizka Mendieta | Valencia | Lazio | 48 | 2001 |
Serie A Record Departures
Player | From | To | Fee (In Million Euros) | Year |
Paul Pogba | Juventus | Manchester United | 105 | 2016 |
Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | Real Madrid | 77.50 | 2001 |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Inter Milan | Barcelona | 69.50 | 2009 |
Kaka | AC Milan | Real Madrid | 65 | 2009 |
Edinson Cavani | Napoli | PSG | 64.50 | 2013 |