• Migrants buy ice creams on the Italian island of Lampedusa on September 13, 2023. Over 6. 000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the last 36 hours, according to the Italian Red Cross. Police started to move some of the migrants to Sicily by ferry and plane. (Photo by alessandro serrano / AFP)
    Migrants buy ice creams on the Italian island of Lampedusa on September 13, 2023. Over 6. 000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the last 36 hours, according to the Italian Red Cross. Police started to move some of the migrants to Sicily by ferry and plane. (Photo by alessandro serrano / AFP)
  • Fire tears through Mohammadpur Krishi market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
    Fire tears through Mohammadpur Krishi market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
  • The Ocean Explorer cruise ship, which has run aground off north-western Greenland with more than 200 people on board. AP
    The Ocean Explorer cruise ship, which has run aground off north-western Greenland with more than 200 people on board. AP
  • A giant Indian Urubu towers over a toddler at a farm that breeds giant roosters in Formosa, Brazil. Reuters
    A giant Indian Urubu towers over a toddler at a farm that breeds giant roosters in Formosa, Brazil. Reuters
  • A huge rugby ball is installed on the Column of the Goddess statue in Lille, during the Rugby World Cup in France. AFP
    A huge rugby ball is installed on the Column of the Goddess statue in Lille, during the Rugby World Cup in France. AFP
  • At work in a textile factory in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP
    At work in a textile factory in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP
  • A poster featuring Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus outside the National Gallery in London. AP
    A poster featuring Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus outside the National Gallery in London. AP
  • Conservative MP Anna Firth competes in the agility section with her dog at an event in Victoria Tower Gardens, London. Getty Images
    Conservative MP Anna Firth competes in the agility section with her dog at an event in Victoria Tower Gardens, London. Getty Images
  • A long-time friend pauses at the coffin of former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as he lies in state in Santa Fe. AP
    A long-time friend pauses at the coffin of former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as he lies in state in Santa Fe. AP
  • Climate activists wear masks with the face of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, protesting against what they say is the government's lack of action. EPA
    Climate activists wear masks with the face of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, protesting against what they say is the government's lack of action. EPA
  • A civil protection team prepares to recover bodies from a collapsed building in Imi Ntala, Amizmiz, after the Morocco earthquake. EPA
    A civil protection team prepares to recover bodies from a collapsed building in Imi Ntala, Amizmiz, after the Morocco earthquake. EPA
  • Germany and Nigeria battle it out in a sitting volleyball match at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf. Getty Images
    Germany and Nigeria battle it out in a sitting volleyball match at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf. Getty Images

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September 14, 2023

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1. Kylian Mbappe - to Real Madrid in 2017/18 - €180 million (Dh770.4m - if a deal goes through)
2. Paul Pogba - to Manchester United in 2016/17 - €105m
3. Gareth Bale - to Real Madrid in 2013/14 - €101m
4. Cristiano Ronaldo - to Real Madrid in 2009/10 - €94m
5. Gonzalo Higuain - to Juventus in 2016/17 - €90m
6. Neymar - to Barcelona in 2013/14 - €88.2m
7. Romelu Lukaku - to Manchester United in 2017/18 - €84.7m
8. Luis Suarez - to Barcelona in 2014/15 - €81.72m
9. Angel di Maria - to Manchester United in 2014/15 - €75m
10. James Rodriguez - to Real Madrid in 2014/15 - €75m

Updated: September 14, 2023, 3:00 PM
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