A puffadder snake is guided to safety as firefighters battle a wildfire near Pringle Bay, as firefighters remain on high alert amid dry, hot, and windy weather in Western Cape, South Africa on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)

A view of snow blanketed ancient giant statues and remains, dating back to 2.000-year-old Commagene Kingdom, located in the 2.150-meter-altitude Mount Nemrut, which is listed in the UNESCO's World Heritage List, in Kahta district of Adiyaman, Turkiye on February 02, 2024. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal gestures during a training session at the Martin Carpena Sports Hall, in Malaga, southern Spain, on Friday, November 15, 2024. (Photo by Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)

Poland's Daria Pikulik, Poland's Wiktoria Pikulik and Britain's Elinor Barker (R) crash as they compete in the Women's Madison race during the fifth day of the UEC European Track Cycling Championships at the Omnisport indoor arena in Apeldoorn, on January 14, 2024. bark (Photo by John Thys/AFP Photo)

Vietnamese-American singer and songwriter Thuy poses for a portrait backstage at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella)

Robots of the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology play a football game during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Photo)

Jolie from China, who says she is afraid of the sun, stands near the Colosseum amid a heatwave in Rome, Italy on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Football transfers are not cheap. To have a player strengthen their ranks, teams are willing to pay big money. The football transfer considered to be the most expensive in the sport's history was that of Gareth Bale leaving Tottenham to play at Real Madrid. The Spanish club paid not less than £86 million (about $133 million at today's exchange rates) to have the player among its own. But recent news suggest that this record might be broken this year. According to reports in the media, UK Premier League team Manchester United is willing to almost double that amount.