Progression of the most expensive transfer in Serie A explained

The following list shows the chronological progression of the most expensive transfer in the history of the Serie A. All the buying teams are Italian.

The cost does not include the salary of the player, an aspect that in the last few decades the sports press usually merged.

However, the list is not complete, since in some cases between two consecutive transfers listed it is possible that there is a third one that for a period was the new record.

Date	Player	From	To	Cost
July 1942		Venezia	Torino	₤1.25 million+^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
19 September 1945	Silvio Piola	Lazio	Juventus	~₤2 million^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
20 August 1946	Osvaldo Fattori	Vicenza	Sampdoria	₤10 million^[7] ^[8]
25 June 1949	Giuseppe Moro	Bari	Torino	₤53 million^[9] ^[10]
June 1952	Hasse Jeppson	Atalanta	Napoli	₤75 million^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
27 May 1957	Omar Sívori	River Plate	Juventus	~₤150 million ($ARS10 million)^[14] ^[15]
10 July 1975	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	Napoli	₤2 billion^[16] ^[17]
June 1983	Zico	Flamengo	Udinese	~₤6 billion ($US4 million)^[18]
30 June 1984	Diego Maradona	Barcelona	Napoli	~₤12.75 billion ($7.5 million)^[19] ^[20]
17 May 1990	Roberto Baggio	Fiorentina	Juventus	₤16 billion^[21] ^[22]
30 June 1992	Gianluigi Lentini	Torino	A.C. Milan	₤23 billion^[23]
July 1997	Ronaldo	Barcelona	Inter Milan	~₤48 billion (Pta4 billion)^[24] ^[25]
8 June 1999	Christian Vieri	Lazio	Inter Milan	₤90 billion^[26] ^[27]
10 July 2000	Hernán Crespo	Parma	Lazio	₤110 billion ($35.5 million)^[28] ^[29] ^[30]
26 July 2016	Gonzalo Higuain	Napoli	Juventus	€90 million^[31] ^[32]
10 July 2018	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Juventus	€100 million^[33]

See also

• List of most expensive association football transfers
• Football in Italy

References

1. The details of the agreement provided the transfer of Mazzola and Loik from Venice to Turin for the amount of ₤1.25 million and the transfer of Raúl Mezzadra and Walter Petron to the Venetian team, as a further adjustment.
2. News: Italian. Loik e Mazzola hanno firmato per il Torino. La Stampa. 8 July 1942. 2. 17 July 2018.
3. News: Italian. Il terzo campionato di guerra e i suoi probabili protagonisti. Eugenio Danese. Il Littoriale. 1 October 1942. 1, 3. 17 July 2018.
4. The agreement was structured as follows: ₤1.5 million in cash to be paid to Lazio and a friendly match to be played in Rome with tickets revenue (estimated around ₤0.5 million) in favor of Lazio itself.
5. News: Italian. Alla Juventus ed al Torino. La Nuova Stampa . 21 September 1945 . 2. 31 July 2018.
6. News: Italian . Il campionato di calcio 1945-46. Le squadre e i giocatori della Lega del Nord. Corriere dello Sport . 26 September 1945. 1. 31 July 2018.
7. News: Italian. Fattori alla Liguria per 10 milioni!!. Corriere dello Sport. 21 August 1946. 2. 1 August 2018.
8. News: Italian . Le 20 squadre di Serie A come si presentano dopo la campagna degli ingaggi. Vittorio Finizio. Corriere dello Sport . 1 September 1946. 3. 1 August 2018.
9. News: Italian. Il caso Moro . La Nuova Stampa . 26 June 1949 . 4 . 17 July 2018.
10. News: Italian . Fervono tra Torino e Bari le trattative per Moro . Corriere dello Sport . 25 June 1949 . 2 . 17 July 2018.
11. The 105 million, often reported in recent sources, consisted 75 million to Atalanta and 30 million salary to the player for the three years contract.
12. News: Italian . La Roma promossa e il caso Foni . Nuova Stampa Sera . 24 June 1952 . 4 . 16 July 2018.
13. News: Italian. Nesti all'Inter . Nuova Stampa Sera . 8 July 1952 . 5 . 16 July 2018.
14. News: Italian. Sivori del River Plate passerebbe alla Juventus . la Nuova Stampa . 4 May 1957 . 8 . 16 July 2018.
15. News: Italian. Concluso il passaggio di Sivori alla Juventus . La Nuova Stampa . 28 May 1957 . 8 . 16 July 2018.
16. Napoli paid Bologna ₤1.4 billion in cash with additional transfers of Sergio Clerici and Rosario Rampanti (co-owned with Turin), for the total amount of ₤2 billion.
17. News: Italian. Follia: Savoldi 2 miliardi . Giorgio Gandolfi . Stampa Sera. 11 July 1975 . 1 . 16 July 2018.
18. News: Italian. In una busta segreta il domani della Roma . Bruno Bernardi . La Stampa . 14 June 1983 . 21 . 16 July 2018.
19. News: Italian. Sedici miliardi per Diego Maradona . Gian Paolo Ormezzano . La Stampa . 3 July 1984 . 1,2 . 16 July 2018.
20. News: Italian. E ora il Napoli vuole affittare Maradona per quattro stagioni . La Repubblica . 19 May 1984 . 16 July 2018.
21. News: Italian. 25 miliardi, Baggio è d'oro . Fulvio Bianchi . La Repubblica . 18 May 1990 . 16 July 2018.
22. News: Italian. Nel contratto dei record anche la villa e una Ferrari . La Repubblica . 19 May 1990 . 16 July 2018.
23. News: Italian. Lentini, fuga nel Milan . Claudio Giacchino . La Stampa . 1 July 1992 . 29 . 16 July 2018.
24. News: Italian. Le curiosità . La Repubblica . 12 July 1997 . 17 July 2018.
25. News: Italian. E Ronaldo ha firmato . Nino Sormani . La Stampa . 21 June 1997 . 35 . 17 July 2018.
26. In detail, Internazionale paid Lazio with ₤69 billion and the sale of Diego Simeone, valued at ₤21 billion.
27. News: Italian. Vieri, l'Inter fa la follia del secolo . La Repubblica . 9 June 1999. 17 July 2018.
28. In detail, Lazio acquired Crespo through the sale of Matías Almeyda (valued ₤45 billion) and Sérgio Conceição (₤30 billion) and ₤35 billion in cash.
29. News: Italian. Inarrestabile Lazio, un colpo da record. La Repubblica . 12 July 2000. 17 July 2018.
30. News: Real tipped to land Kaka for £56m . BBC Sport . 3 June 2009 . 3 June 2009 . 2 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170802172848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8080228.stm . live .
31. Web site: Italian. Gonzalo Higuain è bianconero!. 26 July 2016. 17 July 2018.
32. Web site: Italian. 90 milioni Juventus-Higuain, è storia: spazzato via il record di 55 Lazio-Crespo. 17 July 2018.
33. Web site: Italian. Facciamo i conti: Ronaldo da record in tutto, acquisto più costoso e stipendio più elevato. Enrico Turcato. 12 July 2018. 18 July 2018.