Paul Pogba has joined a long list of players to break the World Record for a transfer fee.
The French international joined Manchester United overnight from Juventus for a reported €105million. After Gareth Bale, he is only the second player to break through the €100million mark
Pogba's transfer is the second time an English club has broken the record since in the last 60 years. In 1996, Newcastle United paid £15million for Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers.
Here are some of the more significant milestones in transfer fees in recent years.
1975: Giuseppe Savoldi (the first "million pound player")
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1984: Diego Maradona (the first "five-million pound player")
Picture by: Peter Robinson / EMPICS Sport
1996: Alan Shearer (£15million)
Picture by: Paul Barker / PA Archive/Press Association Images
2000: Hernan Crespo (the first player to cost more than €50million)
Picture by: GIUSEPPE CALZUOLA / AP/Press Association Images
2013: Gareth Bale (the first 100-million euro player)
Picture by: Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP/Press Association Images
2016: Paul Pogba (the most expensive player in the World)
Picture by: Michael Sohn / AP/Press Association Images
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