Newcastle are about to hit the transfer market again with the addition of Sandro Tonali. If press reports from both countries are confirmed, Milan will earn 80 million euros for the transfer, including variables, and the average 23-year-old will become the most expensive Italian player in football history.
But the operation will also break other records, such as the highest transfer for Milan, beyond the 67 million euros received from the sale of Brazilian medium Kaká to Real Madrid in 2009, as well as Newcastle’s biggest-value signing, last summer It also paid 70 million euros to Real Sociedad for Swedish striker Aleksander Isak.
In this way, Newcastle once again showed its financial muscle after being acquired in October 2021 by a consortium led by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.
The ranking of the most expensive Italian players in football history is as follows:
1
jorginho
€57 million
From Napoli to Chelsea in July 2018
2
Gianluigi Buffon
€52.8 million
From Parma to Juventus in July 2001
3
Christian Vieri
€46.4 million
From Lazio to Inter in July 1999
4
Frederick Chiesa
€42.5 million
From Fiorentina to Juventus in July 2022
5
Leonardo Bonucci
€42 million
From Juventus to Milan in July 2017
6
Federico Bernardeschi
€40 million
From Fiorentina to Juventus in July 2017
7
Mattia Caldara
€37.7 million
From Juventus to Milan in August 2018
8
Pippo Inzaghi
€36.1 million
From Juventus to Milan in July 2001
9
Gianluca Scamacca
€36 million
From Sassuolo to West Ham in July 2022
10
Leonardo Bonucci
€35 million
From Milan to Juventus in August 2018
Source: La Verdad
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