$50.9m – Michael Essien (Lyon to Chelsea; 05/06) $49.6m – Didier Drogba (Marseille to Chelsea; 04/05) $26.8m – Djibril Cisse (Auxerre to Liverpool; 04/05) $26.5m – Nicolas Anelka (PSG to Man City; 02/03) $25.5m – Florent Malouda (Lyon to Chelsea; 07/08) $23.6m – Steve Marlet (Lyon to Fulham; 01/02) $23.5m – Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux to Arsenal; 01/02) $21.5m – Asamoah Gyan (Rennes to Sunderland; 10/11) $21.5m – Samir Nasri (Marseille to Arsenal; 08/09) $20.1m – El-Hadji Diouf (Lens to Liverpool; 02/03) $19.1m – Laurent Robert (PSG to Newcastle; 01/02) $17.4m – Petr Cech (Rennes to Chelsea; 04/05) $16.9m – Johan Elmander (Toulouse to Bolton; 08.09) $16.8m – Laurent Koscielny (Lorient to Arsenal; 11/11) $16.6m – Didier Zokora (St. Etienne to Spurs; 06/07) $16.1m – Younes Kaboul (Auxerre to Spurs; 07/08) $14.1m – Olivier Dacourt (Lens to Leeds United; 00/01) $13.4m – John Utaka (Rennes to Portsmouth ; 07/08) $13.4m – Gabriel Heinze (PSG to Man United; 04/05) $13.1m – Robert Pires (Marseille to Arsenal; 00/01)