Mega-money deals are now the norm in elite football and even more major transfers have been completed this summer.
Jack Grealish has become the most expensive player in Premier League history by sealing his £ 100 million move from Aston Villa to Manchester City.
Lukaku has racked up huge transfer fees in his career by moving from Chelsea, Everton and Man United before his last trade.
He surpassed Paul Pogba as the most expensive Prem star and the Manchester United midfielder will soon drop to third place on the all-time list.
That’s because Chelsea are poised to break their club record to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge.
The Belgian will put pen to paper on a £ 97 million move soon and bring his career transfer fees to close to the £ 300 million mark.
Paris Saint-Germain and Brazilian superstar Neymar currently hold the record for costing the most cumulatively, but Lukaku will take that honor when he joins Chelsea.
This top ten totals over £ 1.5BILLION, but there are a lot of failed moves between the big deals.
Álvaro Morata in Chelsea, Angel di Maria in Manchester United and Ousmane Dembele in Barcelona are just some of the moves that didn’t pay off.
Lukaku hopes his return to Stamford Bridge will be much more successful.
Here are the top ten players with the highest combined transfer fees ever …
10. Ousmane Dembele – £ 137 million
Dembélé’s career at Barcelona has not gone according to plan since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 9. Gonzalo Higuaín – £ 143 million
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Napoli paid more than £ 30 million for Higuain in 2013 and then Juventus spent £ 73 million to bring him to the club three years later 8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – £ 152 million
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Barcelona and Juventus have spent huge sums of money on Ibrahimovic when he was in his prime 7. Philippe Coutinho – 153 million pounds
Coutinho is the most expensive outing in the Premier League when he left Liverpool for Barcelona in 2018 for £ 142 million 6. Antoine Griezmann – £ 156 million
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Griezmann could leave Barcelona soon in another big deal 5. Angel di Maria – £ 161 million
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Di Maria struggled at Man United, but has always demanded a big fee, and PSG took him to Paris for £ 44m in 2015 4. Álvaro Morata – £ 170m
Morata failed at Chelsea, but he is still very valuable, as evidenced by the price the clubs have been willing to pay. 3. Cristiano Ronaldo: 207 million pounds.
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Ronaldo has been a superstar for years and cost Juventus £ 100 million and Real Madrid £ 80 million, while Man United paid almost £ 13 million for him when he was just 18 years old in 2003 2. Neymar – £ 279 million
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Neymar: £ 200 million man 1. Romelu Lukaku: £ 288 million (when Chelsea move is confirmed)
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Lukaku is set to rejoin Chelsea in a £ 97 million transfer from Inter Milan
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