REVEALED: Marc Cucurella – who value Brighton simply £15m solely a yr in the past – will grow to be the seventh most costly defender in HISTORY when he seals his large £62MILLION transfer to Chelsea
- Marc Cucurella accomplished a Chelsea medical on Thursday forward of his swap
- A £62m deal will see the Spaniard rank as some of the costly defenders
- Manchester United’s Harry Maguire stays the costliest of all-time at £80m
- Virgil van Dijk is second, whereas Matthijs de Ligt options twice within the high 10
Marc Cucurella’s impending £62million transfer to Chelsea will make him the seventh most costly defender of all time.
The Brighton defender accomplished a medical with the Blues on Thursday, having handed in a switch request on the south coast in gentle of curiosity from Manchester City.
Chelsea pays an preliminary price of £55million for Cucurella, plus a possible £7million in bonuses.
Marc Cucurella is about to grow to be the seventh most costly defender of all time at £62million
Manchester United centre-back Harry Maguire stays the costliest defender at £80million
Only six defenders in soccer historical past have ever value extra, whereas it signifies that Brighton will earn a major revenue after spending simply £15million on the Spaniard when he moved from Getafe solely a yr in the past.
Harry Maguire stays the most costly defender of all-time following his £80million transfer from Leicester to Manchester United in 2019.
The Foxes explicitly advised United that they needed to break the earlier switch file for a defender, which was Virgil van Dijk’s £75million swap from Southampton to Liverpool in 2018. The Dutchman is second on the record.
Matthijs de Ligt options twice within the high 10, together with for his £68million swap from Juventus to Bayern Munich this summer season.
That switch price is barely increased than the £67.5million that Juventus paid Ajax for the Dutchman three years in the past.
Bayern make a second look on the record as a shopping for membership due to Lucas Hernandez, who additionally moved to Bavaria for £68million from Atletico Madrid in 2019.
The remainder of the transfers within the high 10 have all been made by Premier League golf equipment, with Manchester City answerable for three of them.
The Citizens splashed out £65million on Ruben Dias, £57million on Aymeric Laporte and £47.5million on John Stones. That is one costly backline.
Completing the record is Manchester United’s new arrival Lisandro Martinez, who has simply made a £55million swap from Ajax, plus Ben White, who Arsenal signed for £50million from Brighton final summer season.
Virgil van Dijk’s £75million swap from Southampton to Liverpool in 2018 places him second
Matthijs de Ligt options twice within the high 10, together with for his latest transfer to Bayern Munich
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