Daniel Levy has slapped a £100 million price tag on Gareth Bale - as Manchester City join the queue for the Spurs superstar. It's now 17 years since Alan Shearer returned home with the tag "the world record transfer between two clubs". It seems like yesterday. WORLD RECORD TRANSFERS - FROM DAY ONE 2009 £80,000,000 Cristiano Ronaldo Man Utd to Real Madrid 2009 £56,100,000 Kaka AC Milan to Real Madrid 2001 £45,600,000 Zinedine Zidane Juventus to Real Madrid 2000 £37,000,000 Luis Figo Barcelona to Real Madrid 2000 £35,500,000 Hernan Crespo Parma to Lazio 1999 £31,000,000 Christian Vieri Lazio to Inter Milan 1998 £21,900,000 Denilson Sao Paulo to Real Betis 1997 £19,500,000 Ronaldo Barcelona to Inter Milan 1996 £15,000,000 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle Utd 1992 £13,000,000 Gianluigi Lentini Torino to AC Milan 1992 £12,500,000 Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria to Juventus 1992 £10,000,000 Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille to AC Milan 1990 £8,000,000 Roberto Baggio Fiorentina to Juventus 1987 £6,000,000 Ruud Gullit PSV Eindhoven to AC Milan 1984 £5,000,000 Diego Maradona Barcelona to Napoli 1982 £3,000,000 Diego Maradona Boca Juniors to Barcelona 1978 £1,700,000 Paolo Rossi Juventus to Lanerossi Vicenza 1975 £1,200,000 Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna to Napoli 1973 £920,000 Johan Cruyff Ajax to Barcelona 1968 £500,000 Pietro Anastasi AS Varese 1910 to Juventus 1963 £250,000 Angelo Sormani AC Mantova to Roma 1961 £142,000 Luis Suarez Barcelona to Inter Milan 1957 £94,000 Omar Sivori River Plate to Juventus 1954 £72,000 Juan Schiaffino Penarol to A.C. Milan 1952 £51,000 Hans Jeppsson Atalanta to Napoli 1932 £23,000 Bernabe Ferreyra Club Atletico Tigre to River Plate 1929 £10,890 David Jack Bolton Wanderers to Arsenal 1925 £6,550 Bob Kelly Burnley to Sunderland 1922 £5,500 Warney Cresswell South Shields to Sunderland 1922 £5,000 Sydney Puddefoot West Ham Utd to Falkirk 1920 £3,500 David Jack Plymouth Argyle to Bolton Wanderers 1914 £2,500 Percy Dawson Hearts to Blackburn Rovers 1913 £1,500 Charlie Roberts Manchester Utd to Oldham Athletic 1905 £1,000 Alf Common Sunderland to Middlesbrough 1904 £700 Andrew McCombie Sunderland to Newcastle Utd 1902 £520 Alf Common Sheffield Utd to Sunderland
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