Man United have longest-standing transfer record as Liverpool and Man City dominance laid bare

The current longest-standing transfer record in the Premier League belongs to Man United. Even Nottingham Forest broke theirs more recently.

ARSENAL

Andrei Arshavin – £15m (Zenit St Petersburg, February 2009)

Mesut Ozil – £42.5m (Real Madrid, September 2013)

Alexandre Lacazette – £46.5m (Lyon, July 2017)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – £55.5m (Borussia Dortmund, January 2018)

Nicolas Pepe – £72m (Lille, August 2019)

Four of those players subsequently leaving on a free transfer bodes well for Nicolas Pepe and reflects wonderfully on Arsenal.

ASTON VILLA

Stewart Downing – £12m (Middlesbrough, July 2009)

Darren Bent – £18m (Sunderland, January 2011)

Wesley Moraes – £22m (Club Brugge, June 2019)

Ollie Watkins – £28m (Brentford, September 2020)

Emi Buendia – £30m plus add-ons (Norwich, June 2021)

Neither Philippe Coutinho (£17m) nor Diego Carlos (£26m) could quite topple their new teammate.

BOURNEMOUTH

Benik Afobe – £10m (Wolves, January 2016)

Jordon Ibe – £15m (Liverpool, July 2016)

Nathan Ake – £20m (Chelsea, June 2017)

Jefferson Lerma – £25m (Levante, August 2018)

Eddie Howe was given all the Bournemouth money. It’s little wonder Newcastle wanted him.

BRENTFORD

Mathias Jensen – £3.5m (Celta Vigo, July 2019)

Pontus Jansson – £5.5m (Leeds United, July 2019)

Bryan Mbeumo – £5.85m (Troyes, August 2019)

Ivan Toney – £5m rising to £10m with add-ons (Peterborough, September 2020)

Kristoffer Ajer – £13.5m (Celtic, July 2021)

A January approach for Brennan Johnson would have broken new ground for Brentford, who will surely try and test their imperious recent history when it comes to record signings this summer.

BRIGHTON

Davy Propper – £10m (PSV, August 2017)

Jose Izquierdo – £13.5m (Club Brugge, August 2017)

Jurgen Locadia – £14m