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The most expensive goalkeepers in world football before Ederson Moraes

ESPN.com | June 1, 2017

Related Topics: Goalkeeper (association football), Ederson Moraes, Edwin van der Sar, Association football, Gianluigi Buffon, 2006 Italian football scandal, Iker Casillas, Manchester City F.C., UEFA Champions League

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Gab Marcotti explains why Manchester City could break the goalkeeper transfer fee record to get Benfica's Ederson.

Manchester City have signed Benfica's Ederson Moraes for €40 million (£34.7m) to make the Brazilian the most expensive goalkeeper in the world. (Though Gianluigi Buffon's was more in euros at the time, it is less in pounds.)

Here, we assess the world's previous five most expensive goalkeepers.

1. Gianluigi Buffon, Parma to Juventus in 2001, £32.6million

Should matters be settled with penalties, Gianluigi Buffon's experience would be a boost for Juventus.
Buffon is still going strong with Juventus.

The Italian was considered an expensive upgrade on the great Edwin van der Sar when, aged 23, he left Parma.

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