all-time highest fee ever paid for a football player is the transfer of Neymar from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). In August 2017, the French club from Paris paid a staggering 222 million euros to get the Brazilian winger.
Matthijs de Ligt joined Juventus FC for a fee of 85.5 million euros and is therefore the most expensive Dutch player ever in terms of transfer fees. Virgil van Dijk, who joined Liverpool in season 2017/18, had a transfer of roughly 85 million euros, whereas Barcelona had to pay Ajax 75 million euros to buy Frenkie de Jong. The Highest all-time transfer fees of Dutch soccer players as of April 2021 (in million euros)
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Transfermarkt. (April 20, 2021). Highest all-time transfer fees of Dutch soccer players as of April 2021 (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1069193/highest-all-time-football-transfers-from-the-netherlands/
Transfermarkt. "Highest all-time transfer fees of Dutch soccer players as of April 2021 (in million euros)." Chart. April 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1069193/highest-all-time-football-transfers-from-the-netherlands/
Transfermarkt. (2021). Highest all-time transfer fees of Dutch soccer players as of April 2021 (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1069193/highest-all-time-football-transfers-from-the-netherlands/
Transfermarkt. "Highest All-time Transfer Fees of Dutch Soccer Players as of April 2021 (in Million Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1069193/highest-all-time-football-transfers-from-the-netherlands/
Transfermarkt, Highest all-time transfer fees of Dutch soccer players as of April 2021 (in million euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1069193/highest-all-time-football-transfers-from-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 23, 2024)
Highest all-time transfer fees of Dutch soccer players as of April 2021 (in million euros) [Graph], Transfermarkt, April 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1069193/highest-all-time-football-transfers-from-the-netherlands/