The highest transfer fee quoted for a player is a reported £80 million (€92.27 million; $131.86 millon) for Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) from Manchester United to Real Madrid on 1 July 2009.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year and won 3 English Premier Leagues, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cups, 1 Champions League and 1 FIFA World Club Cup with Manchester United. He scored 118 times in 292 appearances. According to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Madrid had paid for Ronaldo 57 times his weight in gold!