Sportskeeda's list of 10 most expensive defenders of all time

#2 - John Stones to Manchester City (£47.26 Million)

Can Stones fulfil his potential at Man City?

John Stones emerged as one of the hottest prospects in European football while at Everton and was rumoured to have attracted the interest of a number of huge clubs, including Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

He would ultimately join Manchester City in August 2016 and while he has impressed at times, he still has a long way to go to justify his £47.26 million price tag.

Stones’s transfer was the highest fee ever paid for a defender until his club would break the record again in the 2017 transfer window.