The Most Expensive Premier League-to-Premier League Transfers of All Time

24 August 2026 · 5 min read · Fees in euros

The Premier League's spending power has turned domestic transfers into nine-figure deals. When clubs buy from each other, no foreign exchange rate applies — just pure market price. Here are the biggest PL-to-PL transfers ever recorded, club by club.

The overall top 10

Liverpool's record signing leads the all-time list, followed by City's blockbuster Grealish deal and Arsenal's capture of Declan Rice — all within a few hundred million euros of each other.

#	Player	From → To	Fee
1	Alexander Isak	Newcastle → Liverpool	€145m
2	Jack Grealish	Aston Villa → Man City	€117.50m
3	Declan Rice	West Ham → Arsenal	€116.60m
4	Moisés Caicedo	Brighton → Chelsea	€116m
5	Harry Maguire	Leicester → Man United	€87m
6	Romelu Lukaku	Everton → Man United	€84.70m
7	Virgil van Dijk	Southampton → Liverpool	€84.65m
8	Wesley Fofana	Leicester → Chelsea	€80.40m
9	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford → Man United	€75m
10	Kai Havertz	Chelsea → Arsenal	€75m

Arsenal

#	Player	From	Fee
1	Declan Rice	West Ham	€116.60m
2	Kai Havertz	Chelsea	€75m
3	Eberechi Eze	Crystal Palace	€69.30m
4	Ben White	Brighton	€58.50m
5	Noni Madueke	Chelsea	€56m

Chelsea

#	Player	From	Fee
1	Moisés Caicedo	Brighton	€116m
2	Wesley Fofana	Leicester	€80.40m
3	Marc Cucurella	Brighton	€65.30m
4	João Pedro	Brighton	€63.70m
5	Roméo Lavia	Southampton	€62.10m

Liverpool

Liverpool's most expensive domestic signing by far is Alexander Isak — the €145m paid to Newcastle shattered the PL-to-PL record at the time. Virgil van Dijk at €84.65m was itself a world record for a defender when signed in January 2018.

#	Player	From	Fee
1	Alexander Isak	Newcastle	€145m
2	Virgil van Dijk	Southampton	€84.65m
3	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa	€46.50m
4	Diogo Jota	Wolves	€44.70m
5	Alexis Mac Allister	Brighton	€42m

Manchester City

Jack Grealish remains English football's first £100m player. His €117.50m move from Aston Villa in 2021 set a British transfer record that stood until Declan Rice moved to Arsenal two years later.

#	Player	From	Fee
1	Jack Grealish	Aston Villa	€117.50m
2	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester	€67.80m
3	Raheem Sterling	Liverpool	€63.70m
4	Matheus Nunes	Wolves	€62m
5	John Stones	Everton	€55.60m

Manchester United

Harry Maguire's £80m move from Leicester in 2019 made him the most expensive defender in history at the time. It also began an era of record-breaking purchases at United that delivered little on the pitch — a pattern that shaped the club's subsequent decade.

#	Player	From	Fee
1	Harry Maguire	Leicester	€87m
2	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	€84.70m
3	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford	€75m
4	Matheus Cunha	Wolves	€74.20m
5	Mason Mount	Chelsea	€64.20m

Tottenham

#	Player	From	Fee
1	Dominic Solanke	Bournemouth	€64.30m
2	Mohammed Kudus	West Ham	€63.80m
3	Richarlison	Everton	€58m
4	Brennan Johnson	Nottm Forest	€55m
5	James Maddison	Leicester	€46.30m