Between the sticks, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is the most expensive player following his €51m move from Parma in the summer of 2001. At right-back, Barcelonas Dani Alves makes an appearance, having joined his current team from Sevilla for a reputed fee of €35m in 2008. Paris Saint-Germain made David Luiz the most expensive defender in the world earlier this summer when they paid Chelsea €50m for the Brazil international, only for Manchester City to spend even more on Eliaquim Mangala last week, with Porto receiving €30.5m for 56.67 per cent of his rights, making for a total transfer fe of €53m. England international Luke Shaw takes the left- back spot following his €37m transfer from Southampton to Manchester United this summer. The two holding midfielders in our 4-2-1-3 are Bayern Munichs Javi Martinez , who left Athleti Bilbao for €40m in 2012, and Zenit St Petersburgs Belgium international Axel Witsel, who cost the Russians the same fee. Colombia international James Rodriguez earne himself an €80m move from Monaco to Real Madrid following his sublime performances at the World Cup to become the most-expensive attacking midfielder in the world. Up front, a trio of La Liga stars represent the attackers for whom the highest transfer fees were paid in the history of the game. Real Madrid splashed out €100m to lure Gareth Bal away from Tottenham last summer, having previously paid €94m for Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. New Barcelona signing Luis Suarez completes the XI following his €88 move from Liverpool earlier this summer. Players who miss out in the most expensive XI despite commanding impressive fees themselve include Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Edinson Cavani, Radamel Falcao, Fernando Torres, Neymar, Hulk, Sergio Aguero, Juan Mata and Thiago Silva.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:41:57 +0000
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