Quiz! Can you name the 30 most expensive players ever by their combined transfer fees?

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Some players just keep getting signed for megabucks

Romelu Lukaku of Chelsea celebrates after scoring their team's third goal during the Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round match between Luton Town and Chelsea at Kenilworth Road on March 02, 2022 in Luton, England.
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30 players to guess, five minutes on the clock.

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It was David Brent who once mused that, "a good idea is a good idea forever". Clearly, he must have been a superagent in football.

It's one thing to be a big signing in football but it's quite another thing to be one over and over again. There are players, however, who keep commanding huge fees, seemingly lasting just a couple of seasons before moving onto the next club, moving sideways rather than up.

There's a lot of money in football – and most of it is being spent on most of these chaps. 

We've listed the top 30 players by their cumulative transfer fees and we've added how many of those transfers actually commanded a fee – nothing for freebies, not in this game. 

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Mark White
Mark White
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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.