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The 25 Most Expensive Transfer Fees Ever Paid For Mexican Footballers

You don’t need me to tell you that global transfer fees are escalating faster than a grenade at a knife fight. There’s not a whole lot of sense to be made over the stratospheric numbers, except it must be nice to be a footballer’s agent. But who is the most expensive Mexican soccer player in today’s world of wheeling, dealing and making a killing in the oil field? Here are the 25 most expensive Mexican transfer fees ever. 

The Most Expensive Mexican Soccer Player (25 Most Expensive Transfer Fees)  

*For the sake of keeping things concise and fun, players are only allowed one entry (sorry, Chicharito)* 

#25. Rafael Márquez

Monaco —> Barcelona

$5.98 million 

#24. Elías Hernández

León —> Cruz Azul

$6.76 million

#23. Isaác Brizuela

Toluca —> Guadalajara

$6.8 million

#22. Érick Gutiérrez

Pachuca —> PSV

$6.83 million

#21. Miguel Layún

Watford —> Porto

$6.83 million 

#20. Héctor Moreno

PSV —> Roma

$6.83 million

#19. Giovani dos Santos

Villarreal —> LA Galaxy

$7.23 million

#18. Alan Pulido

Olympiacos —> Guadalajara

$7.40 million

#17. Diego Reyes

Club América —> Porto

$7.97 million 

#16. Andrés Guardado

Atlas —> Deportivo La Coruña

$7.97 million

#15. Néstor Araujo

Santos Laguna —> Celta de Vigo

$7.97 million

#14. Carlos Peña

León —> Guadalajara

$8 million

#13. Vicente Matías Vuoso

Independiente —> Manchester City

$8.54 million 

#12. Alexis Vega

Toluca —> Guadalajara

$9 million 

#11. Héctor Herrera

Pachuca —> Porto

$9.11 million

#10. Jürgen Damm

Pachuca —> Tigres

$10 million

#9. Orbelín Pineda

Guadalajara —> Cruz Azul

$12.02 million

#8. Carlos Vela

Arsenal —> Real Sociedad

$15.92 million

#7. Rodolfo Pizarro 

Guadalajara —> Monterrey

$16 million

#6. Diego Lainez

Club América —> Real Betis

$16.26 million

#5. Edson Álvarez

América —> Ajax 

$17.10 million

#4. Javier "Chicharito" Hernández

Bayer Leverkusen —> West Ham United

$20.65 million

#3. Nery Castillo

Olympiacos —> Shakhtar Donetsk 

$22.75 million 

#2. Raúl Jiménez

Benfica —> Wolves

$43.32 million

#1. Hirving "Chucky" Lozano

PSV Eindhoven —> Napoli

$47 million

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