What’s the best Premier League transfer?

Quantifying the Premier League’s greatest transfer can be difficult. But we’ve given it a go.
There are many factors to consider, including but not limited to, sell-on profit, impact on the squad, or likelihood of winning a trophy.

Abhishek Raj, has defined what a “good transfer” should look like, and has decided the best transfer in Premier League history. Illustrated by Craig Silcock.

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[LiamRobertsGolf]

Anelka to Arsenal for 500K who was then sold to Real Madrid 18 Months later for £23m. Arsene Wenger used the funds of the transfer to create the best training facility in English football at the time, and used the spare £11m to sign Thierry Henry who went on to be the best player in prem history.

[daniyalshakir]

For me Harry Maguire. I mean Leicester advertised a fridge to the point where it was sold for 80 million great British pounds. Brilliant business.

[deenuk]

Small list -
- Seamus Coleman: 60k and became a club legend
- Coutinho: 13m, became the best player and sold for over 100m funding Liverpool dominance
- Kante: watch the video
- cantona: from Leeds cmon
- teves: from West ham to United was a risk but became one of the deadliest trios ever
- Viera: became king despite being from abroad which wasn't common at the time
- Ronaldo: was obv his ability but the balandor and fee he was sold for cant be matched
- VVD: has there ever been a singing with more single impact?
Kompany: signed window before takeover but was key to where city are today
Vidic - signed from Moscow and went on to be one of the most feared defenders ever
Alan Shearer - bought for under 5m by Blackburn; wins the league and sold for a British record fee to Newcastle
Jay Jay Ococha - on a free from PSG to Bolton and his impact commercially and on the pitch was astronomical

My fav:

Juniniho to Middlesbrough
There has never been a player then and since who impacted a EPL team directly from a South American team

[miloudbouchefra]

Mahrez was bought for £400, 000 and sold for £60 million, which is 150 times his original value.
He's one of the best right wingers and his contribution to Leicester's miracle is indisputable.
I think he should be the best transfer deal ever made.

[arthurmorgandegen]

Cantona to Man United has to be up there too. Galvanised them into being the dominant force they were for 20 years, and cost £1mil from a deadly rival!

[dontbewrong]

Coutinho to Liverpool was the best transfer ever:
1] cost them just 13 million
2}was liverpool's best player
3]sold at 147 million
4]with that money they brought vvd and allison which heralded the era of Liverpool success

[magnus]

If what you get is levels above what you had in the same position last year, it’s a really good transfer

[Max-vetu]

Peter Schmeichel. Cost them £0.5m and he was an integral part in United going from a Tottenham-type club to winning the treble when he left. It also took them almost 10 years to find a proper replacement.

[petemartin_net]

I would say Patrick Vieira. Joined a struggling and aging Arsenal side for very little money and was a lynchpin in turning them into the Invincibles. I would say staying for years and winning trophies is more valuable than a big selling fee.

[SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

IMO...Eric Cantona to Manchester United.

[Ace-zctt]

For me it’s van dijk from Celtic to Southampton, not only did they sell him on for £75mill it pushed Southampton into the europa league for one season.

[Beeady]

Frank Lampard deserves a shout here. Cost a fair bit at the time but when a centre midfielder becomes the highest scoring player in the club's history and was as consistant over such a long period of time as he was, absolutely one of the best signings ever.

[marianchicago]

Best transfer ever, Phillippe Couthinho, a unicorn type player without a clear position in a modern highly structured teams, bought for 13 million, sold for 150, money reinvented in VVD and Allison, arguably best players at their positions that fit perfectly in a modern highly structured team

[alexanderhack]

Hands down, Denis Irwin. Could play rb, lb, and always fit. Could get you a goal...

[JR-sjjz]

Since no one has mentioned him in the comments, I put my case forward for Andy Robertson. £8m from a relegated Hull City in an era when some clubs will spend 3 to 4 times that much for a backup full back. Always reliable and available and is on pace not only to break the premier league record for most assists by a defender but, fitness and form permitting, might even reach the overall top 10 in 3 or so seasons. And yes I know Trent will absolutely smash that record but for now Robbo is ahead on that list. He is already a premier league great in terms of left backs. Only real question left is where amongst the greats will he rank

[lumberjack]

Haven’t seen anyone mention azpilicueta yet, £8m for a captain who in 9 years with the club has won everything there is to win.

[bushki]

Bergkamp to Arsenal imo was as important as Wenger to Arsenal. He almost single handedly changed the face of the prem and turned an Arsenal side who were pretty dogshit in the mid 90s and heralded the destruction of "boring boring arsenal"

[kenlaiya]

I’m surprised not a mention of Sami Hyypia is made here; for his cost at the time, he improved the defence, won every trophy bar the PL and even captained the club…

[HiImChase]

I would argue the case for Shearer, sold by my club, Southampton for £3.5m to Blackburn, won the premier league then sold on to Newcastle for a world record fee of £15m and went on to become the all time premiere league goalscorer. Having a strike rate of 0.8 goals PER GAME for Bburn... Not a bad bit of business by them.

[AdarshKumar-njrp]

Coutinho to Liverpool was one of the best ever transfer.

• He came cheap, at just €13m.
• During his stay, he was one of the best players in the world and contributed highly to Liverpool.
• He was sold at €135m, a 10x profit.
• His transfer funded for players like Allison Becker and Virgil Van Dijk, which transformed the team.
• In a macabre way, him not working out for Barcelona also ensured that this transfer never strengthened their rivals, most notably in the 2018/19 CL semi-final.