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Post-war record transfers
| NAME | CLUB | DATE | FEE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Stubbins | Newcastle | 12.09.1946 | £13,000 |
| Gordon Milne | Preston North End | 30.08.1960 | £16,000 |
| Ian St John | Motherwell | 02.05.1961 | £37,500 |
| Geoff Strong | Arsenal | 07.11.1964 | £40,000 |
| Emlyn Hughes | Blackpool | 27.02.1967 | £65,000 |
| Tony Hateley | Chelsea | 05.07.1967 | £96,000 |
| Alun Evans | Wolves | 16.09.1968 | £100,000 |
| John Toshack | Cardiff | 11.11.1970 | £110,000 |
| Ray Kennedy | Arsenal | 12.07.1974 | £180,000 |
| David Johnson | Ipswich | 12.08.1976 | £200,000 |
| Kenny Dalglish | Celtic | 10.08.1977 | £440,000 |
| Craig Johnston | Middlesbrough | 03.04.1981 | £650,000 |
| Mark Lawrenson | Brighton | 14.08.1981 | £900,000 |
| Peter Beardsley | Newcastle | 14.07.1987 | £1.9m |
| Ian Rush | Juventus | 18.08.1988 | £2.8m |
| Dean Saunders | Derby | 19.07.1991 | £2.9m |
| Phil Babb | Coventry | 01.09.1994 | £3.6m |
| Stan Collymore | Nottingham Forest | 01.07.1995 | £8.5m |
| Emile Heskey | Leicester | 10.03.2000 | £11m |
| Djibril Cissé | Auxerre | 01.07.2004 | £14.5m |
| Fernando Torres | Atletico Madrid | 04.07.2007 | £20.2m |
| Andy Carroll | Newcastle | 31.01.2011 | £35m |
| Mohamed Salah | Roma | 22.06.2017 | £43.9m |
| Virgil Van Dijk | Southampton | 01.01.2018 | £75m |
| Darwin Nunez | Benfica | 14.06.2022 | £85.3m |
| Florian Wirtz | Leverkusen | 20.06.2025 | £116.5m |
| Alexander Isak | Newcastle | 01.09.2025 | £125m |
LFChistory.net only includes transfers concluded after World War II on this list as we do not have complete information on transfer fees before that period. These were considered club record transfers at the time and are shown in nominal terms, not adjusted for inflation.
