Football · The PrecedentPublished · 2026-08-14
The Precedent
1st on the list: how Saint-Étienne's €6.0m for Chico Lamba sits against its own defenders
The club has bought 7 defenders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.
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Saint-Étienne paid €6.0m for Chico Lamba. Against the club's own history of paying for defenders, that is the 1st largest such fee on record.
| Player | From | Fee | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothée Kolodziejczak | Tigres UANL | €4.5m | 2020/21 |
| João Ferreira | Watford | €3.0m | 2025/26 |
| Kévin Théophile-Catherine | Cardiff | €2.0m | 2015/16 |
| Sergi Palencia | Barcelona | €2.0m | 2019/20 |
| Niels Nkounkou | Everton | €2.0m | 2023/24 |
| Maxime Bernauer | Dinamo Zagreb | €1.2m | 2025/26 |
A club's own precedent is the only fair yardstick for whether a fee is a departure for it. A number that looks enormous league-wide can be routine for one buyer, and a modest one can be a record for another.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
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