Following Leroy Sane’s record breaking transfer from Schalke to Manchester City, we look at the 10 most expensive transfers involving German footballers.
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1. Leroy Sane
Schalke 04 to Manchester City
August 2016: €43 million (Dh177m), plus add-ons expected to take figure to €55m.
2. Mesut Ozil
Real Madrid to Arsenal
September 2013: €47 million
3. Mats Hummels
Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich
July 2016: €38 million
4. Mario Gotze
Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich
July 2013: €37 million
5. Julian Draxler
Schalke 04 to Wolfsburg
August 2015: €35 million
6. Mario Gomez
Stuttgart to Bayern Munich
July 2009: €35 million
7. Andre Schurrle
Wolfsburg to Borussia Dortmund
July 2016: €32 million
8. Ilkay Gundogan
Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City
July 2016: €30 million
9. Toni Kroos
Bayern Munich to Real Madrid
July 2014: €30 million
10. Manuel Neuer
Schalke to Bayern Munich
July 2011: €22 million
