50 Best Bargains in Premier League History

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50 best bargains

50. Luis Suarez – Ajax to Liverpool, 2011 (£22.7m)

49. Demba Ba – Hoffenheim to West Ham, 2011 (£500,000)

48. Demba Ba – West Ham to Newcastle, 2011 (Free)

47. Cesar Azpilicueta – Marseille to Chelsea, 2012 (£6.5m)

46. Paolo Di Canio – Sheffield Wednesday to West Ham, 1999 (£1.75m)

45. Yakubu – Everton to Blackburn, 2011 (£1.5m)

44. Michael Keane – Manchester United to Burnley, 2015 (£2m)

43. Emmanuel Adebayor – Metz to Arsenal, 2006 (£3m)

42. Gary Cahill – Bolton to Chelsea, 2012 (£7m)

41. Jussi Jaaskelainen – VPS to Bolton, 1997 (£100,000)

40. Mohamed Salah – Roma to Liverpool, 2017 (£34m)

39. Clint Dempsey – New England Revolution to Fulham, 2007 (£1.5m)

38. Michael Ballack – Bayern Munich to Chelsea, 2006 (free)

37. Christopher Samba – Hertha Berlin to Blackburn, 2007 (£450,000)

36. Carlo Cudicini – Castel Di Sangro to Chelsea, 1999 (£200,000)

35. Marko Arnautovic – Werder Bremen to Stoke, 2013 (£2m)

34. Youri Djorkaeff – Kaiserslautern to Bolton, 2002 (free)

33. Robbie Keane – Leeds to Tottenham, 2002 (£7m)

32. Patrice Evra – Monaco to Manchester United, 2006 (£5.5m)

31. Gus Poyet – Real Zaragoza to Chelsea, 1997 (free)

30. Michu – Rayo Vallecano to Swansea, 2012 (£2m)

29. Ashley Cole – Arsenal to Chelsea, 2006 (£5m)

28. Mikel Arteta – Real Sociedad to Everton, 2005 (£2m)

27. John Stones – Barnsley to Everton, 2013 (£3m)

26. Andrew Robertson – Hull to Liverpool, 2017 (£8m)

25. Kolo Toure – ASEC Mimosas to Arsenal, 2002 (£150,000)

24. Philippe Coutinho – Inter to Liverpool, 2013 (£8.5m)

23. Robin van Persie, Feyenoord to Arsenal, 2004 (2.75m)

22. Tim Cahill – Millwall to Everton, 2004 (£1.5m)

21. Ruud Gullit – Sampdoria to Chelsea, 1995 (free)

20. Jay-Jay Okocha – PSG to Bolton, 2002 (free)

19. Seamus Coleman – Sligo Rovers to Everton, 2009 (£60,000 rising to £300,000)

18. Shay Given – Blackburn to Newcastle, 1997 (£1.5m)

17. Joe Hart – Shrewsbury to Manchester City, 2006 (£600,000)

16. Graeme Le Saux – Chelsea to Blackburn, 1993 (£700,000)

15. Nemanja Vidic – Spartak Moscow to Manchester United, 2005 (£7m)

14. Vincent Kompany – Hamburg to Manchester City, 2008 (£6m)

13. David Ginola – PSG to Newcastle, 1995 (£2.5m)

12. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – Boavista to Leeds, 1997 (£2m)

11. Jurgen Klinsmann – Monaco to Tottenham, 1994 (£2m)

10. Ole Gunnar Solksjaer – Molde to Manchester United, 1996 (£1.5m)

9. Sami Hyypia – Willem II to Liverpool, 1999 (£2.6m)

8. Dele Alli – MK Dons to Tottenham, 2015 (£5m)

7. Edwin van der Sar – Fulham to Manchester United, 2005 (£2m)

6. Patrick Vieira – Milan to Arsenal, 1996 (£3.5m)

5. Nicolas Anelka – PSG to Arsenal, 1997 (£500,000)

4. Lucas Radebe – Kaizer Chiefs to Leeds, 1994 (£50,000)

3. N'Golo Kante – Caen to Leicester City, 2015 (£5.6m)

2. Sol Campbell – Tottenham to Arsenal, 2002 (free)

1. Eric Cantona – Leeds to Manchester United, 1992 (£1.2m)

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