Chelsea & Man Utd Buying Success

Hopefully regular viewers of this site will realise that we not only comment on all things Huddersfield Town but also all things The beautiful game.

Here are some transfer stats

Most Expensive Player Transfers in English Football – up to August 2006

Figures are up to Aug 2006

You may notice that only two clubs feature in the transfers to stats
Man Utd, And Chelsea.

Who are 1st and 2nd in the league, again, what a coincidence.

No money doesn’t matter at all does it !!!



Player
From
To
Amount £m

Andriy Shevchenko
AC Milan
Chelsea
30.0

Rio Ferdinand
Leeds
Man U
29.1

Juan Sebastian Veron
Lazio
Man U
28.1

Wayne Rooney
Everton
Man U
27.0

Michael Essien
Lyon
Chelsea
26.0

Didier Drogba
Marseille
Chelsea
24.0

Shaun Wright-Phillips
Man City
Chelsea
21.0

Ricardo Carvalho
Porto
Chelsea
19.85

Ruud Van Nistelroy
PSV
Man U
19.0

Michael Carrick
Tottenham
Man U
18.6