Football · The PrecedentPublished · 2026-08-14
The Precedent
1st on the list: how Sporting's €30.0m for Rodrigo Zalazar sits against its own midfielders
The club has bought 7 midfielders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.
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Sporting paid €30.0m for Rodrigo Zalazar. Against the club's own history of paying for midfielders, that is the 1st largest such fee on record.
| Player | From | Fee | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Ugarte | Famalicão | €24.5m | 2021/22 |
| Morten Hjulmand | Lecce | €19.5m | 2023/24 |
| Francisco Trincão | Barcelona | €18.0m | 2023/24 |
| Rúben Vinagre | Wolves | €10.0m | 2022/23 |
| Bruno Fernandes | Sampdoria | €9.7m | 2017/18 |
| Wendel | Fluminense | €7.5m | 2017/18 |
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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