Top Ten: Football transfers that shocked the world

1) Cristiano Ronaldo

The 2008 Ballon d’Or winner became the latest football superstar to join Spanish giants from Manchester United in 2009.

He became the first ever 100 million pound man in the history of the beautiful game. A world record 80 million pounds were paid for his transfer, but his wages amounted to another forty million. It was an offer that United couldn’t refuse.

Ronaldo has since gone on to re-write history at Real Madrid scoring 201 goals in 199 appearances for the club as of date.