Top ten most expensive footballers ever by combined transfer fees

7) Christian Vieri: £76.8 million

Clubs: Torino, Piza, Ravenna, Venezia, Atalanta (3), Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Inter, Milan, Monaco, Fiorentina

The number of clubs the Italian striker played for, coupled with his £32 million world-record transfer in 1999 to Inter Milan, sees the strangely-accented Australian-Italian come in at number eight.