Due to how important it is to have a strong defense, football teams around world are, are always ready to splash the cash on any good defender, and some of the worlds most expensive players have been defenders.
Let's check out the the five most expensive defenders in football history below
Jacob Harry Maguire Leicester City To Manchester United - £80M
Joško Gvardiol RB Leipzig To Manchester City- £77.5M
Virgil van Dijk Southampton To Liverpool- £75M
Wesley Tidjan Fofana Leicester City To Chelsea-£70M
Lucas François Bernard Hernandez - Atletico Madrid To Bayern Munich £68M
Only one of them has successfully justified the huge price tag, we all know the story of the guy at the top of the list
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