Here are the 10 most expensive goalkeeper transfers in football history. Rather than negotiate a conventional transfer fee, Chelsea activated Kepa’s release clause, making the Spanish goalkeeper the most expensive goalkeeper in football history. ESPN and other major football publications have continued to include Buffon among the most expensive goalkeeper transfers ever recorded. Jasper Cillessen — Barcelona to Valencia — €35 millionJasper Cillessen’s move from Barcelona to Valencia in 2019 ranks among the most expensive goalkeeper transfers ever. Buffon’s enduring legacy shows that expensive goalkeeper transfers are not a modern invention, while Neuer and Ederson illustrate how tactical evolution has changed the role itself.