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The 10 biggest football transfers ever

Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale joined Real Madrid for a world record transfer fee of 93 million pounds ($131.86 million) on a six-year deal.

The 24-year-old Wales international eclipsed the previous record of £80m which was also paid by Real Madrid to Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

A look at the 10 biggest transfers in football history:

Gareth Bale (Wales)

Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid (2013)

Transfer fee: £93

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Manchester United to Real Madrid (2009)

Transfer fee: £80

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)

Inter Milan to Barcelona (2009)

Transfer fee: £59

Kaka

Kaka (Brazil)

AC Milan to Real Madrid (2009)

Transfer fee: £56

Edinson Cavani

Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)

Napoli to Paris Saint-German (2013)

Transfer fee: £55

Radamel Falcao

Radamel Falcao (Colombia)

Atletico Madrid to Monaco (2013)

Transfer fee: £51

Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres (Spain)

Liverpool to Chelsea (2011)

Transfer fee: £50

Neymar

Neymar (Brazil)

Santos to Barcelona (2013)

Transfer fee: £48.6

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane (France)

Juventus to Real Madrid (2001)

Transfer fee: £46

Mesut Ozil

Mesut Ozil (Germany)

Real Madrid to Arsenal (2013)

Transfer fee: £42.5