Ronaldo, Neymar, Mbappe: Who are the 20 players with the highest accumulated transfer fees?

We haven’t seen an earth-shattering, £150 million transfer in football this summer.

Chelsea have splashed the cash, spending more than £200 million in total, but the highest transfer fee so far is £72 million.

That’s how much Chelsea paid Bayer Leverkusen for Kai Havertz. Last summer, Joao Felix, Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard, Harry Maguire and Romelu Lukaku all attracted fees worth more.

The coronavirus pandemic and the loss of fans inside stadiums has left many clubs tightening their pursestrings as they embark on what could be a difficult financial stretch.

Per Transfermarkt, the biggest deal behind Havertz is the £64.8m Juventus paid Barcelona for Arthur.

It’s rather unusual not to see a nine-figure sum, but it’s been dictated by external factors.

Last summer, Felix entered the top 20 players with the highest accumulated transfer fees when he joined Atletico Madrid in a £113.4m move from Benfica.

When we talk about the highest accumulated fees, we mean the players who have racked up the biggest tallies when their entire transfer fees have been considered.

So Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Real Madrid for a world-record fee and then signed for Juventus in a deal worth £105.3 million, is close to the top.

In the top 20, Felix is joined by Kylian Mbappe as players who have only ever attracted one fee - but it was so high that it was enough to make the top 20 accumulates fees.

Here's the list, as per Transfermarkt.

20. David Luiz | £106.83m

Brazilian centre-back Luiz has had five permanent moves in his career.

The most expensive was his £44.55m move from Chelsea to Paris Saint-Germain in 2014.

19. Juan Sebastian Veron | £107.64m

Argentinian midfielder Veron completed seven permanent moves.

Man United paid £38.3m for him in 2001 and Chelsea splashed out nearly £20m to sign him two years later.

18. Joao Cancelo | £108.36m

Cancelo has been the subject of some expensive fees in recent years.

Juventus paid £36.4m for him in 2018 and a year later, he joined Man City for £58.5m.

17. Hernan Crespo | £110.65m

In 2000, Crespo became the most expensive player in football history when he joined Lazio from Parma for £51.1m.

16. Nicolas Anelka | £111.47m

It’s hardly a surprise to see Anelka on the list. The former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Chelsea striker completed eight permanent moves in his career.

15. Joao Felix | £113.4m

Atletico Madrid broke their club record fee when they signed Portuguese forward Felix last year.

14. Paulinho | £114.17m

Paulinho has been bought for £36m and £37.8m in his career.

13. James Rodriguez | £126.57m

It’s quite crazy to think that James, who joined Everton in the summer, hasn’t attracted a transfer fee since joining Real Madrid in 2014.

Los Blancos paid £67.5m for the Colombian but let him leave for Everton on a free.

12. Kylian Mbappe | £130.5m

When all is said and done, Mbappe, 21, could sit at the top of this list.

11. Eden Hazard | £135m

Hazard’s accumulative fees shot up last year when he joined Real Madrid for more than £100m.

10. Ousmane Dembele | £137.7m

Dembele makes the top 10 in accumulative fees, although Barcelona might be having second thoughts about paying £124.2m for him in 2017.

9. Gonzalo Higuain | £143.1m

Juventus paid £81m to sign Higuain from Napoli in 2016.

And Chelsea forked out more than £7m to sign him on loan last year.

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic | £152.19m

Ibrahimovic has only been bought for more than £23m once in his career, but he’s totalled seven transfer fees that take his total amount to north of £150m.

7. Philippe Coutinho | £153.27m

Liverpool got a bargain when they paid £11.7m to sign Coutinho in 2013.

Five-and-a-half successful years at Anfield led to a £130.5m move to Barcelona

6. Antoine Griezmann | £156.6m

Atletico Madrid paid £48.6m for Griezmann in 2014 and sold him for £108m in 2019, netting themselves a tidy profit on the World Cup winner.