Declan Rice, Paul Pogba & Co. - The most expensive midfielders in Premier League history

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Declan Rice, Paul Pogba & Co. - The most expensive midfielders in Premier League history

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In the ever-inflating world of Premier League spending, midfielders have become the heartbeat of lucrative squads - and the price tags now reflect that. Today's elite midfielders are playmakers, pressers, ball-winners, and match-winners all rolled into one, and club's are willing to pay big to bring in the best. In fact, four of the current five most expensive transfers in Premier League history have been for midfield players. With record-breaking price tags come towering expectations, intense scrutiny, and the pressure to deliver from the first touch. Transfermarkt breaks down the numbers, and reveals the 20 most expensive midfielders the Premier League has ever seen.




Leading the way is Liverpool's acquisition of attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz this summer. The deal for the German broke the Premier League record fee, as the Reds paid Bayer Leverkusen an initial €125 million to bring Wirtz to Anfield. In second place is Chelsea's €121m signing of Argentinian centre-midfielder Enzo Fernández, who arrived from Benfica in January 2023. Arsenal's €116.6m signing of West Ham captain Declan Rice in the summer of 2023 takes third position, whilst Chelsea's acquisition of Moisés Caicedo from Brighton that same summer for €116m comes fourth. Manchester United's €105m transfer for Paul Pogba from Juventus back in 2016 completes the top five.



Sixth position goes to Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne, who was signed by the Sky Blues from Wolfsburg for €75m back in 2015. Man United's €70.7m signing of Brazilian holding midfielder Casemiro from Real Madrid in 2022 takes seventh. Arsenal forked out €70m to Real Sociedad to bring in Spanish midfielder Martín Zubimendi this summer which puts him in eighth. Also costing €70m were Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai in 2023 and Man City's Rodri in 2019, who take ninth and tenth respectively.

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