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Post-war record transfers

NAME CLUB DATE FEE
Albert Stubbins Newcastle 12.09.1946 £13,000
Ian St John Motherwell 02.05.1961 £37,500
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
Mark Lawrenson  Brighton 14.08.1981 £900,000
Peter Beardsley Newcastle 14.07.1987 £1.9m
Dean Saunders Derby 19.07.1991 £2.9m
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

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.

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