transfer fee

British  

noun

1. a sum of money paid by one football club to another for a transferred player

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Example Sentences

The Argentine striker was on his way to join Cardiff City – then in the Premier League – from FC Nantes for a £15m transfer fee.

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The star striker was on his way to join Cardiff City – then in the Premier League – from Nantes for a £15m transfer fee, having signed for the club two days earlier.

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The money they spend on matchday tickets or replica shirts contributes in part to the stadium rebuild or transfer fee for a new player.

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He is mostly remembered for his time at Manchester United, who paid a then record British transfer fee for him from Newcastle.

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A nod of appreciation to those assassins who don't make it - Ballon d'Or-winner Andriy Shevchenko was close, Christian Vieri's highlights and world-record transfer fee came last century.

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