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Football (Soccer) - Record-Breaking Transfer Fees

Since WW2, the world record for the highest-ever transfer fee in football (soccer), as measured in pounds sterling, has been broken 34 times. Can you name each of the players, buying clubs, and selling clubs that were involved each time the record was broken?
From 1945 onwards
According to Wikipedia.
All figures are given in pounds sterling (£).
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Year
Player
Selling Club
Buying Club
Fee
1949
Johnny Morris
Manchester United
Derby County
£24k
1949
Eddie Quigley
Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End
£26k
1950
Trevor Ford
Aston Villa
Sunderland
£30k
1951
Jackie Sewell
Notts County
Sheffield Wednesday
£34k
1952
Hans Jeppson
Atalanta
Napoli
£52k
1954
Juan Schiaffino
Peñarol
AC Milan
£72k
1957
Omar Sivori
River Plate
Juventus
£93k
1961
Luis Suárez
Barcelona
Inter Milan
£152k
1963
Angelo Sormani
Mantova
Roma
£250k
1967
Harald Nielsen
Bologna
Inter Milan
£300k
1968
Pietro Anastasi
Varese
Juventus
£500k
1973
Johan Cruyff
Ajax
Barcelona
£922k
1975
Guiseppe Savoldi
Bologna
Napoli
£1.2m
1976
Paolo Rossi
Vicenza
Juventus
£1.75m
1982
Diego Maradona
Boca Juniors
Barcelona
£3m
1984
Diego Maradona
Barcelona
Napoli
£5m
1987
Ruud Gullit
PSV Eindhoven
AC Milan
£6m
Year
Player
Selling Club
Buying Club
Fee
1990
Roberto Baggio
Fiorentina
Juventus
£8m
1992
Jean-Pierre Papin
Marseille
AC Milan
£10m
1992
Gianluca Vialli
Sampdoria
Juventus
£12m
1992
Gianluigi Lentini
Torino
AC Milan
£13m
1996
Ronaldo
PSV Eindhoven
Barcelona
£13.2m
1996
Alan Shearer
Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United
£15m
1997
Ronaldo
Barcelona
Inter Milan
£19.5m
1998
Denilson
São Paulo
Real Betis
£21.5m
1999
Christian Vieri
Lazio
Inter Milan
£32m
2000
Hernán Crespo
Parma
Lazio
£35.5m
2000
Luis Figo
Barcelona
Real Madrid
£37m
2001
Zinedine Zidane
Juventus
Real Madrid
£46.6m
2009
Kaká
AC Milan
Real Madrid
£56m
2009
Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United
Real Madrid
£80m
2013
Gareth Bale
Tottenham Hotspur
Real Madrid
£86m
2016
Paul Pogba
Juventus
Manchester United
£89m
2017
Neymar
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
£198m
HBK97
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Level 75
Jun 26, 2023
Great quiz. Nominated.
b1094
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Level 68
Jun 27, 2023
Thanks!
LAP3UNC
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Level 84
Mar 1, 2024
Superb. Nominated.
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