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Most Expensive Ghanaian Transfers

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 Source: --

The biggest transfers in the history of football to date have been those of France's Zinedine Zidane, who moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001/2002 for €73.5m, and Portugal's Luis Figo, who one year earlier switched from Barcelona to arch-rivals Real for €60m.

Michael Essien remains the most expensive Ghanaian transfer of all time when he moved from Lyon to Chelsea. Below are the most expensive transfers involving Ghanaian players.

NameFromTo ClubFee
(million euro)
Year
Michael EssienLyonChelsea36 2005
Sulley Muntari Udinese Portsmoth11.8 2007
Stephen Appiah Juventus Fenerbache 8 2005
Stephen Appiah Brescia(Ita) Juventus(Ita) 8 2003
Michael Essien Bastia(Fra) Lyon(Fra) 7.8 2003
Alex Nyarko Lens (Fra) Everton(Eng) 6.3 2000
Eric Addo Club Brugge(Bel) PSV (Ned) 5.0 1999
Stephen Appiah Parma(Ita) Brescia(Ita) 4.5 2002
Ahmed "Barusso" Ampiah Rimini (Ita,2) Roma(Ita) 3.5m 2007
Anthony Yeboah Eintracht Frankfurt(GER) Leeds(ENG)3.4m1995
Haminu Dramani Genc.(TUR) Locomotiv Moskva(RUS)3m2007
Anthony Yeboah Leeds(ENG) Hamburger SV(GER)2.1m1998

The biggest transfers in the history of football to date have been those of France's Zinedine Zidane, who moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001/2002 for €73.5m, and Portugal's Luis Figo, who one year earlier switched from Barcelona to arch-rivals Real for €60m.

Michael Essien remains the most expensive Ghanaian transfer of all time when he moved from Lyon to Chelsea. Below are the most expensive transfers involving Ghanaian players.

NameFromTo ClubFee
(million euro)
Year
Michael EssienLyonChelsea36 2005
Sulley Muntari Udinese Portsmoth11.8 2007
Stephen Appiah Juventus Fenerbache 8 2005
Stephen Appiah Brescia(Ita) Juventus(Ita) 8 2003
Michael Essien Bastia(Fra) Lyon(Fra) 7.8 2003
Alex Nyarko Lens (Fra) Everton(Eng) 6.3 2000
Eric Addo Club Brugge(Bel) PSV (Ned) 5.0 1999
Stephen Appiah Parma(Ita) Brescia(Ita) 4.5 2002
Ahmed "Barusso" Ampiah Rimini (Ita,2) Roma(Ita) 3.5m 2007
Anthony Yeboah Eintracht Frankfurt(GER) Leeds(ENG)3.4m1995
Haminu Dramani Genc.(TUR) Locomotiv Moskva(RUS)3m2007
Anthony Yeboah Leeds(ENG) Hamburger SV(GER)2.1m1998

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