<Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Dimitar Berbatov </Td> <Td> Tottenham Hotspur </Td> <Td> £ 30.75 million </Td> <Td> September 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Eric Bailly </Td> <Td> Villarreal </Td> <Td> £ 30 million </Td> <Td> June 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Rio Ferdinand </Td> <Td> Leeds United </Td> <Td> £ 29.3 million </Td> <Td> July 2002 </Td> </Tr> <P> The first transfer for which Manchester United (then Newton Heath) had to pay a fee was the transfer of Gilbert Godsmark from Ashford in January 1900 . Manchester United paid Ashford a fee of £ 40 for Godsmark . The club's first £ 1,000 transfer came in 1910, when they signed Leslie Hofton from Glossop . When the club signed Tommy Taylor from Barnsley in 1953, the fee was intended to be £ 30,000 . However, Matt Busby did not want to burden the young player with the "£ 30,000 man" tag, and Barnsley agreed for the fee to be reduced by £ 1 to £ 29,999 . Busby then took the extra pound from his wallet and gave it to the lady who had been serving the teas . </P>

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