Top ten most expensive footballers ever by combined transfer fees

9) Fernando Torres: £71 million 

Clubs: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea

Liverpool signed the player from his boyhood club Atletico Madrid in 2007 for £21 million, and the Spaniard went on to score 65 league goals for the club, prompting a British record transfer to Chelsea for £50 million. He hasn’t been very good since, though.