English footballers continue to dominate the global transfer market, with several record-breaking deals in recent years pushing fees well beyond the €100 million mark. According to Planet Football on Friday, here is the current list of the seven most expensive English players in history, based on widely reported transfer fees. 1. Jack Grealish – €117.5m Jack Grealish remains the most expensive English footballer of all time following his 2021 move from Aston Villa to Manchester City. The deal made him the first £100m English player and set a new benchmark in the transfer market. 2. Declan Rice – €116.6m Declan Rice joined Arsenal from West Ham United in a British record transfer that transformed Arsenal’s midfield and leadership core. 3. Jude Bellingham – €103m Jude Bellingham moved from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid in 2023 and quickly established himself as one of the club’s standout performers. 4. Harry Kane – €95–100m Harry Kane ended his long spell at Tottenham Hotspur with a high-profile transfer to Bayern Munich, where he immediately became the focal point of their att@ck. 5. Harry Maguire – €87m Harry Maguire remains the most expensive defender in football history following his move from Leicester City to Manchester United in 2019. 6. Jadon Sancho – €85m Jadon Sancho returned to English football in 2021 with a major transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United, arriving as one of Europe’s most highly rated wingers at the time. 7. Raheem Sterling – ~€63–65m Raheem Sterling completed a landmark move from Liverpool to Manchester City in 2015, one of the earliest big-money English transfers of the modern era. Other notable mentions include Anthony Gordon Anthony Gordon has recently been linked with a potential €70–80 million transfer, but no deal has been confirmed. If such a fee were realised, it would place him just outside the top tier of English transfers—above Sterling, but still below the €85m+ group. For now, Gordon remains a key player for Newcastle United, with his future the subject of ongoing speculation rather than confirmed movement.
