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topicnews · July 20, 2025

Darwin Núñez, Rasmus Højlund & Co. – The most expensive strikers in the history of the Premier League

Darwin Núñez, Rasmus Højlund & Co. – The most expensive strikers in the history of the Premier League


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The Premier League clubs have rarely held away from opening their wallets to pursue their goals, since the league began in the 1992/93 campaign, but in recent years the expenses have drawn far beyond any other division in the world. And over the years, some of the deadliest finishers of the game have arrived on English banks who bear both sky -high price tags and highly towering expectations.

The list of the most expensive strikers in the history of the Premier League is just as much a story of ambition as of risk and reward from record-breaking arrivals about big money gambling games that do not completely pay off. When clubs continue to pursue the strange guarantee of gates in advance, Transfer market Take a closer look at the center forward who ordered the greatest fees in the history of the division and the various successes of the people concerned.

The most expensive strikers in the history of the Premier League

The Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku after moving back to Chelsea from Inter Milan in 2021. In the second place is Darwin Núñez – the Uruguayan moved from Benfica to Liverpool in 2022 for € 85 million, but was able to leave the club this summer. Third, it is Lukaku again. This time his 85 -MIO. € from Everton to Manchester United in 2017. After moving from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, Kai Havertz took fourth place in 2020. The Rasmus Højlund of Man United completes the top 5 after he joined the Red Devils of Atalanta for € 78 million.

Manchester City's 75 million euros from Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt last January. Havertz returns with his 75 million. € by London from Chelsea to Arsenal back to the list in 2023. The eighth position is probably enough at the best price performance contract on the list -Alexander Isaks € 70 million from Real Sociedad to Newcastle. With his 66 million -euro change from Real Madrid to Chelsea, Álvaro Morata takes ninth place to Chelsea, while Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth to Tottenham completed the top 10 last summer.