Date Player Bought from Fee[1][57] January 1900 Gilbert Godsmark Ashford £40 January 1903 Alex Bell Ayr Parkhouse £700 July 1910 Leslie Hofton Glossop £1,000 March 1914 George Hunter Chelsea £1,300 September 1920 Tom Miller Liverpool £2,000 November 1921 Neil McBain Ayr United £6,000 February 1938 Jack Smith Newcastle United £6,500 March 1949 John Downie Bradford Park Avenue £18,000 March 1953 Tommy Taylor Barnsley £29,999 September 1958 Albert Quixall Sheffield Wednesday £45,000 August 1962 Denis Law Torino £110,000 August 1968 Willie Morgan Burnley £117,000 February 1972 Martin Buchan Aberdeen £125,000 March 1972 Ian Storey-Moore Nottingham Forest £200,000 January 1978 Joe Jordan Leeds United £350,000 February 1978 Gordon McQueen Leeds United £495,000 August 1979 Ray Wilkins Chelsea £825,000 October 1980 Garry Birtles Nottingham Forest £1,250,000 October 1981 Bryan Robson West Bromwich Albion £1,500,000 June 1988 Mark Hughes Barcelona £1,800,000 August 1989 Gary Pallister Middlesbrough £2,300,000 July 1993 Roy Keane Nottingham Forest £3,750,000 January 1995 Andy Cole Newcastle United £7,000,000 July 1998 Jaap Stam PSV Eindhoven £10,750,000 August 1998 Dwight Yorke Aston Villa £12,600,000 June 2001 Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven £19,000,000 July 2001 Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio £28,100,000 July 2002 Rio Ferdinand Leeds United £29,300,000 September 2008 Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur £30,750,000 January 2014 Juan Mata Chelsea £37,100,000 August 2014 Ángel Di María Real Madrid £59,700,000 August 2016 Paul Pogba Juventus £89,300,000