During Monday evening, Alexander Isak was presented as a new Liverpool player. The reigning Premier League champion is reported to have paid 130 million pounds – 1.66 billion kronor – to Newcastle to buy out the Swede, which makes Isak the third most expensive transfer of all time. His former club has confirmed that it is a British transfer record.
All football players who, based on the exchange rate on the transfer date, cost more than one billion kronor, according to the database Transfermarkt:
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Neymar, to Paris Saint-Germain (from Barcelona) 2017: 2.13 billion kronor.
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Kylian Mbappé, to Paris Saint-Germain (Monaco) 2018: 1.88 billion.
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Alexander Isak, to Liverpool (Newcastle) 2025: 1.66 billion, according to reports.
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Jude Bellingham, to Real Madrid (Borussia Dortmund) 2023: 1.49 billion.
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Ousmane Dembélé, to Barcelona (Borussia Dortmund) 2017: 1.41 billion.
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Florian Wirtz, to Liverpool (Bayer Leverkusen) 2025: 1.40 billion.
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Enzo Fernández, to Chelsea (Benfica) 2022: 1.38 billion.
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Moisés Caicedo, to Chelsea (Brighton) 2023: 1.37 billion.
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Joäo Félix, to Atlético Madrid (Benfica) 2019: 1.34 billion.
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Declan Rice, to Arsenal (West Ham) 2023: 1.34 billion.
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Philippe Coutinho, to Barcelona (Liverpool) 2018: 1.33 billion.
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Eden Hazard, to Real Madrid (Chelsea) 2019: 1.28 billion.
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Antoine Griezmann, to Barcelona (Atlético Madrid) 2019: 1.27 billion.
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Jack Grealish, Manchester City (Aston Villa) 2022: 1.20 billion.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, to Juventus (Real Madrid) 2018: 1.20 billion.
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Romelu Lukaku, to Chelsea (Inter) 2021: 1.15 billion.
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Harry Kane, to Bayern München (Tottenham) 2024, 1.13 billion.
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Randal Kolo Muani, to Paris Saint-Germain (Eintracht Frankfurt) 2023: 1.13 billion.
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Neymar, to Al-Hilal (Paris Saint-Germain) 2023: 1.07 billion.
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Hugo Ekitiké, to Liverpool (Eintracht Frankfurt) 2025: 1.06 billion.
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Josko Gvardiol, to Manchester City (RB Leipzig) 2023: 1.05 billion.
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Kai Havertz, to Chelsea (Bayer Leverkusen) 2020: 1.03 billion.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, to Real Madrid (Manchester United) 2009: 1.03 billion.
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Antony, to Manchester United (Real Betis) 2022: 1.02 billion.
Corrected: In a previous version, the wrong club was stated as the one from which Randal Kolo Muani was recruited. The correct one is that he was recruited from Eintracht Frankfurt.
