<P> It was not until 1928 that the first five - figure transfer took place . David Jack of Bolton Wanderers was the subject of interest from Arsenal, and in order to negotiate the fee down, Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman got the Bolton representatives drunk . Subsequently, David Jack was transferred for a world record fee when Arsenal paid £ 10,890 to Bolton for his services, after Bolton had asked for £ 13,000, which was double the previous record made when Sunderland signed Burnley's Bob Kelly a fee of for £ 6,500 . </P> <P> The first player from outside Great Britain to break the record was Bernabé Ferreyra, a player known as La Fiera for his powerful shot . His 1932 transfer from Tigre to River Plate cost £ 23k, and the record would last for 17 years (the longest the record has lasted) until it was broken by Manchester United's sale of Johnny Morris to Derby County for £ 24k in March 1949 . The record was broken seven further times between 1949 and 1961, when Luis Suárez Miramontes was sold by FC Barcelona to Inter Milan for £ 152k, becoming the first ever player sold for more than £ 100k . </P> <P> In 1968, Pietro Anastasi became the first £ 500k player when Juventus purchased him from Varese, which was followed seven years later with Giuseppe Savoldi becoming the first million pound player when he transferred from Bologna to Napoli . </P> <P> The second player to twice be transferred for world record fees is Diego Maradona . His transfers from Boca Juniors to Barcelona for £ 3m, and then to Napoli for £ 5m, both broke the record in 1982 and 1984 respectively . The third became Ronaldo with his record - breaking move from PSV Eindhoven to Barcelona in 1996 for £ 13.2 m, although Alan Shearer's transfer to Newcastle broke the record the same summer . A year later Inter Milan paid £ 19.5 m for Ronaldo and again he became the player with the highest transfer fee . </P>

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