Zidane would have cost more than Kaka, with inflation and exchange rate changes, I reckon. Plus no one knows exactly how much the value of Ibrahimovic's transfer to Barcelona was.
Yep, adjusted for inflation Zidanes transfer is the second highest of all time at £65m.
Zlatan's was valued at £59m.
It is interesting that when adjusted for inflation, 6 of the top 10 transfer fees were between 1999-2002, well before the rich owners began to take over clubs.
Top 10 adjusted for inflation is:
1) Cristiano Ronaldo - £81m
2) Zinedine Zidane - £65m
3) Zlatan Ibrahimovic - £60m
4) Ricardo Kaka - £57m
5) Luis Figo - £55m
6) Fernando Torres - £50m
7) Hernan Crespo - £48m (This is his transfer from Parma to Lazio in 2000)
8) Gianluigi Buffon - £47m
9) Ronaldo - £45m
10) Christian Vieri - £40m
Another massive transfer people forget about is the £30m (£37m adjusted for inflation) AC Milan paid Fiorentina for Rui Costa in 2001. That was the same summer Zidane and Veron moved. Veron's deal was actually the cheapest at the time, arguably was the best of those 3 players at that particular moment too, though Zidane was clearly something special. Buffon moved that summer too.
