2. Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan to Anzhi Makhachkala)
Age at time of transfer: 30
Price: £22m
The striker partnered Milito at Inter for a couple of years before big-spending Anzhi offered him a lucrative switch to Russia in 2011. He scored 36 goals in 71 games before moving to Chelsea in 2013.
1. Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina to Roma)
Age at time of transfer: 31
Price: £25m
The most expensive over 30-year-old in history is prolific Argentine forward Gabriel Batistuta, who spent nearly a decade as a Fiorentina favourite before becoming a Roma hero upon his 2000 arrival.
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