Here's a good perspective on the transfer sum...
Top 10 biggest transfers of all time..
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
(Man Utd to Real Madrid, 2009, £80 million) - Player of the Year
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
(Inter Milan to Barcelona, 2009, £56.5 million)- Serie A Footballer of the Year
3. Kaka
(AC Milan to Real Madrid, 2009, £56 million) - Player of the Year
4. Fernando Torres
(Liverpool to Chelsea, 2011, £50 million) - World Cup Champion
5. Zinedine Zidane
(Juventus to Real Madrid, 2001, £46.5 million) - Player of the Year
6. Luis Figo
(Barcelona to Real Madrid, 2000, £37 million) - Player of the year
7. Hernan Crespo
(Parma to Lazio, 2000, £35.5 million) - Serie A top scorer 2000–01
8. Andy Carroll
(Newcastle to Liverpool, 2011, £35 million)
9. David Villa
(Valencia to Barcelona, 2010, £34 million) - UEFA Team of the Year: 2010
10. Gianluigi Buffon
(Parma to Juventus, 2001, £32.6 million) - Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year
Something just doesn't seem right on this list.
Are you referring to Gary Lineker?
No disrespect to Lineker, love him but Shearer holds almost every scoring record in the EPL. He was better.