The nine most expensive buyout clauses in world football: Arsenal and Chelsea targets set to cost mega money

6. Gabriel Barbosa – Santos

Buyout fee: £40m

Barbosa is the heir to Neymar’s throne at Santos, and they’ve moved quickly to show that by installing a whopping £40m release clause. The likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Wolfsburg are all thought to be keen, though it may be too early to justify that kind of money on someone so raw.