10 most expensive players aged 30 plus

#7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - £15.7m, AC Milan to Paris St. Germain, 2012

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became PSG's record goalscorer

It was the move that made Ibrahimovic the most expensive player of all time up to that point in terms of combined transfer fees and it was the move that signalled that PSG were now big time players in the world of European football thanks to an injection of Qatari money. Only the biggest clubs in Europe – the likes of Juventus, Barcelona and the two Milan clubs – could call upon the services of the mighty Zlatan, and PSG were now amongst them.

Although he was 30 when he made his move, Ibrahimovic was a huge hit in Paris, becoming the club’s record goalscorer in just four seasons. He won an average of three trophies per season during his time at the club and finished 4th in the Ballon d’Or competition in 2013. And despite being unable to lead PSG to the Champions League – the club’s holy grail – 2015/16 saw him score 50 goals in 51 games, a truly astonishing total.

The crazy part is that he’d probably have made this list again, only a little higher up, if Manchester United had been forced to pay a transfer fee for his services in the summer of 2016. As it was Zlatan left Paris on a free transfer following the end of his contract, but a haul of 28 goals in his first season in England proved that even in his mid 30’s, Zlatan is still a great.