The 10 most expensive centre-backs in football history 🤑 | OneFootball

How many flops in this top 10?

This Tuesday morning, PSG officially announced the signing of Illia Zabarny to strengthen its central defense and prepare for life after Marquinhos.

The capital club reportedly spent around 66 million euros including bonuses to secure the services of the Ukrainian defender, but where does he rank among the world's most expensive defenders?

10. Aymeric Laporte - 65M - from Bilbao to Manchester City

9. Illia Zabarnyi - 66M - from Bournemouth to PSG

8. Matthijs De Ligt - 67M - from Juventus to Bayern Munich

7. Ruben Dias - 71.6M - from Benfica to Manchester City

6. Lucas Hernandez - 80M - from Atlético Madrid to Bayern Munich

5. Wesley Fofana - 80.4M - from Leicester to Chelsea

4. Virgil Van Dijk - 84.6M - from Southampton to Liverpool

3. Matthijs De Ligt - 85.5M - from Ajax to Juventus

2. Harry Maguire - 87M - from Leicester to Manchester United

1. Josko Gvardiol - 90M - from Leipzig to Manchester City

Source: Transfermarkt

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