Michael Owen’s ill-fated £16m transfer from Actual Madrid was a Newcastle United file signing for 14 years, however that signing not even ranks within the membership’s prime ten.
The inflation in switch charges {couples} with renewed funding within the membership by the Saudi Public Funding Fund means Newcastle United’s record of file transfers is closely weighted in the direction of more moderen years.
No shock that they’ve already fulfilled their ambitions of getting again into the Champions League, then – although the problem now could be to start out qualifying with regularity.
Who’s Newcastle United’s costliest ever signing?
Alexander Isak is Newcastle United’s all-time file signing (Picture credit score: Alamy)
Alexander Isak set Newcastle’s membership file when he joined from Spanish aspect Actual Sociedad in August 2022, along with his price reportedly sitting across the £63m mark.
The ahead has confirmed to be a strong funding, regardless of an injury-hit first season on the membership, serving to them to earn Champions League qualification in his first marketing campaign after which hitting 21 Premier League targets in his second season at St James’ Park. He’s ranked at no.7 in FourFourTwo’s record of the very best strikers on the earth proper now.
Who held the Newcastle United switch file earlier than Alexander Isak?
Joelinton (far proper) had set the earlier file, with Bruno Guimaraes (centre) equalling it. Sandro Tonali (left) price greater than each of them however did not set a brand new file (Picture credit score: Newcastle/Adidas)
Joelinton arrived for £40m in July 2019 from Hoffenheim. That was double the quantity the membership had paid for his or her earlier file signing, Miguel Almiron, six months earlier.
The January 2022 signing of Bruno Guimaraes equalled Joelinton’s file, with the midfielder becoming a member of from Lyon. He, too, has been cash properly spent: he ranks at no.3 in FourFourTwo’s record of the very best defensive midfielders on the earth proper now
2023 signings Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon each price just a little bit greater than Bruno and Joelinton, however by then Newcastle had already signed Isak so neither the AC Milan midfielder nor the Everton winger set new Newcastle information upon their arrival.
The 2 Joes – Willock and Joelinton – are the one gamers amongst Newcastle’s prime ten highest switch charges who arrived previous to the membership’s Saudi takeover going by way of in October 2021.
Chris Wooden is the primary and to this point solely member of the highest ten to have since left the membership: he joined Nottingham Forest on an preliminary mortgage in January 2023 earlier than making the transfer everlasting that summer season.
Newcastle United’s prime ten costliest gamers of all time
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Participant
Price
Yr
Signed from
Alexander Isak
£63m
2022
Actual Sociedad
Sandro Tonali
£55m
2023
AC Milan
Anthony Gordon
£45m
2023
Everton
Bruno Guimaraes
£40m
2022
Lyon
Joelinton
£40m
2019
Hoffenheim
Harvey Barnes
£38m
2023
Leicester Metropolis
Tino Livramento
£35m
2023
Southampton
Sven Botman
£35m
2022
Lille
Lewis Corridor
£28m
2024
Chelsea
Chris Wooden
£25m
2022
Burnley
Joe Willock
£25m
2021
Arsenal
