Quiz! Can you name the 200 most expensive players ever?

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£9.9 billion was spent on these players – but how many can you name?

Neymar
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You have 20 minutes to guess 200 players. 

Remember to tweet your scores @FourFourTwo, and challenge some friends while you're at it.

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The cheapest player on today's list set back his new employers £30m or so.

Back in the day, that was a lot of money. When Manchester United made a signing for that much in the early 2000s, Alan Hansen was quick to call it monopoly money.

Nowadays, it's fairly standard. There are newly-promoted teams buying players for nearly that much – and it may interest you that 97 of the 200 players on this list were purchased by English sides.

But it probably won't surprise you. Who can you identify here? 

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Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.

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