The 2022 summer transfer market was filled with shocks, record deals and big money signings.
Erling Haaland joined Manchester City, Darwin Nunez arrived at Liverpool and Robert Lewandowski moved from Bayern Munich to Barcelona.
With the eye-popping deals brokered over the last few years, money has always been a central topic of the transfer window and more than ever.
Here's everything you need to know about the highest price tag on the planet.
10: Gareth Bale - Tottenham to Real Madrid - €108m (£86.6m)
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Bale signed € from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 moved to Real Madrid. At 100.8m, the money seems well spent.
With Real Vale he has won the Champions League four times, the Spanish Super Cup twice, the Spanish Cup once for him, the La Liga twice and the Club World Cup four times for him. .
The forward fell out of favor under Zinedine Zidane and was loaned back to Spurs for the 20/21 season before leaving the club permanently in the summer of 2022.
9 and 8: Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembele - Juventus to Manchester United / Dortmund to Barcelona - €105m (£90.1m)
Pogba, left and Dembélé bought for equal value
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French teammates put together equal deal In the top ten who managed to record a joint spot.
Paul Pogba joined Manchester United from Juventus in his 2016 season, breaking his league transfer record in the Premier League at the time.
However, his spell did not go as planned and after six years of underwhelming he returned to Italy.
Meanwhile, Ousmane Dembele joined Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in 2017.
The winger has won 2 LaLiga titles, 2 Spanish Cups and 1 Spanish Super Cup with the club.
7: Romelu Lukaku - Inter Milan to Chelsea - €115m (£98.7m)
Romelu Lukaku's return to Chelsea is a club transfer record (Nick Potts/PA)
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He broke Chelsea's club transfer record when he signed for Chelsea in the summer of 2018. He is from Inter Milan.
Much was expected of Lukaku when he returned to his bridge at Stamford, but he was only a year on loan, so not much was said about the spell as he returned to Inter on loan. .
6: Jack Grealish - Aston Villa to Manchester City - €117m (£100m)
Jack Grealish breaks Premier League transfer record (Nick Potts/PA)
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Jack Grealish's boyhood club, Aston Villa, were so eager to keep their star status that when he re-signed in 2020, they were forced into his deal. I wrote a £100 million release clause.
"City are the best team in the country with a manager. Regarded as the best club in the world - being part of this club is a dream come true," said Grealish signing for City.
"Over the past 10 seasons, they have consistently won major trophies. With Pep [Guardiola] coming here, they have taken them to the next level, The football this team plays is the most exciting in Europe.”
5 and 4: Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho - Atlético Madrid to Barcelona / Liverpool to Barcelona - €120 million ( £102.9m)
Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho have the same rates next to their names
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Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho won spots at the same club - Barcelona's top ten.
Coutinho joined the Spanish giants from Liverpool in 2018 and is a midfielder who has won the league league twice, the Spanish Cup he has won twice and the Spanish Super Cup he has won once. did.
Meanwhile, Griezmann said he joined Atlético in 2019. He joined Barça from Madrid, but he enjoyed a bumpy road before returning to his former club.
3: Joao Felix - Benfica to Atletico Madrid - €126m (£108.1m)
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forward João Félix made a spectacular return to Atletico Madrid in 2019 from Benfica. I made a contract.
He won the La Liga title with the club, but has plenty of chances of winning more trophies as he signed his seven-year contract with Diego Simeone's team.
2: Kylian Mbappe - Monaco to PSG - €145m (+€35m) (£124 .4m +£30m)
Mbappe had a mixed season last season
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French forward Kylian Mbappé joined Paris Saint-Germain from Monaco in 2017 and has left an impression as one of the brightest young players in the world.
He won the Ligue 1 three times, the French He won the Cup three times, the French Super Cup three times and the French League Cup twice, and was named the best player of the season 18/19, Considered one of the best players in the world.
He was expected to make a free move to Real Madrid before signing a new contract to remain in the French capital.
1: Neymar - Barcelona to PSG - €222m (€190.5m)
Neymar is the highest paid player of all time
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Neymar tops our list, head and shoulders above. The rest is a figure of a whopping 222 million euros.
He signed for Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona in his 2017 season and has since won the Ligue 1 title three times, the French Cup three times and the French Super Cup. has won the French League Cup twice.
He can now also play with former Barça teammate Lionel Messi, who signed for the club last summer.