The world's biggest transfers
The £30million fee Leeds have agreed with Manchester United for Rio Ferdinand will not only make him the most expensive player in British histroy, it also means his is the sixth most lucrative transfer in the footballing world.
The most expensive transfers in the world to date are:
1 - £46.5million, Zinedine Zidane, Juventus to Real Madrid
2 - £37million, Luis Figo, Barcelona to Real Madrid
3 - £35.7million, Hernan Crespo, Parma to Lazio
4 - £32million, Gianluigi Buffon, Parma to Juventus
5 - £31million, Christian Vieri, Lazio to Inter Milan
6 - £30million, Rio Ferdinand, Leeds to Manchester Utd
7 - £28.9million, Gaizka Mendieta, from Valencia to Lazio
8 - £28.1million, Juan Sebastian Veron, Lazio to Manchester United
9 - £28million, Rui Costa, Fiorentina to AC Milan
10 - £25million, Pavel Nedved, Lazio to Juventus and Marc Overmars, Arsenal to Barcelona
