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Neymar breaks this transfer fee record of Romelu Lukaku: Details
With a move to Al-Hilal, Neymar has surpassed Romelu Lukaku's cumulative transfer sum (Photo credit: Twitter/@Alhilal_EN)

Neymar breaks this transfer fee record of Romelu Lukaku: Details

By Rajdeep Saha
Aug 16, 2023
09:09 pm

What's the story

Brazilian superstar Neymar has completed a move to Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain.

As per BBC, Al-Hilal will be paying PSG a sum worth £77.6m (€90m), plus add-ons.

Notably, Neymar holds the world-record fee of £198m (€222m) which PSG paid to land him from Barcelona in 2017.

With a move to Al-Hilal, Neymar has surpassed Romelu Lukaku's cumulative transfer sum.

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Why does this story matter?

Neymar has always attracted a lot of money with clubs breaking the market to get him.

Barcelona landed him from Santos for close to £50m before he switched to PSG for a world record sum, and has now joined Saudi club Al-Hilal, breaking the transfer record there.

Neymar's combined transfer fees have surpassed Lukaku's, who too garnered heavy bids of late.

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Neymar's stats and transfer trajectory

Neymar featured in 225 matches for Santos, netting 136 goals as Barcelona then roped in him for £48.6m in 2013.

He spent four seasons in Spain, scoring 105 goals in 186 matches. He also provided 58 assists.

PSG then went heavy on the player, shelling out £198m. In 173 appearances, he netted 118 goals (A69).

Al-Hilal have now signed Neymar for £77.6m plus add-ons.

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Neymar: Over £300m in cumulative transfer sum

Neymar has so far garnered transfer sums worth £324.2m with his moves to Barcelona, PSG, and Al-Hilal respectively. As per Sky Sports and The Guardian, Neymar will end up costing Al-Hilal around £86m with add-ons. Therefore, his overall cumulative transfer sum could reach £330m-plus.

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What about Romelu Lukaku?

In 2011, Chelsea paid a reported fee worth £20m to Anderlecht for Lukaku.

In 2014, Everton signed Lukaku from Chelsea for the club-record fee of £28m.

Lukaku joined Manchester United in 2017 for a fee worth £75m.

After two seasons, he left for Inter Milan, who spent £74m for his services.

After two seasons, Chelsea got back Lukaku for a record £97.5m.

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Lukaku: Close to £300m in cumulative transfer sum

Lukaku's total cumulative transfer sum stands at close to £295m. Chelsea have signed him twice, spending around £118m. United and Inter spent heavily on him for record deals. Everton too flashed out money for the Belgian nine years ago.

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Saudi Pro League: Neymar breaks Malcom's transfer fee record

Neymar was the fourth-costliest signing in the summer of 2013 and the second-most expensive player to join La Liga after Gareth Bale.

In 2017, PSG shattered records and Neymar remains the world's costliest-ever signing.

And now, he has broken the record in the Saudi Pro League by surpassing Brazilian winger Malcom, who joined Al-Hilal for €60m.

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Lukaku scripted these transfer records with his moves

Lukaku was Everton's costliest signing back in 2014 as they broke their club record fee.

United made Lukaku their second-highest capture after Paul Pogba the previous season in 2016.

Inter made Lukaku their costliest signing and it remains the second-most expensive transfer in Serie A after Cristiano Ronaldo.

Chelsea then spent a club record fee on Lukaku before breaking the same twice this year.

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The Brazilian Brilliant is officially BLUE 😎#AlHilal 💙#Neymar_Hilali pic.twitter.com/ehtt7X5Yop

— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) August 15, 2023
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