Indonesian Air Force soldiers from the Paskhas corps shout slogans during a rehearsal for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Indonesia's military in Cilegon, Banten province, October 3, 2015. Indonesia will celebrate the anniversay of its military on October 5. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)

Khansa, an eight month old critically endangered Bornean orangutan shows off it's two front-teeth, at the Singapore Zoo on Thursday, January 11, 2018 in Singapore. The Singapore Zoo is active with its breeding programs as part of its wildlife preservation efforts. This is the Zoo's 46th successful orangutan birth. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

Ex-Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger and The Cuban Brothers perform at the de Grisogono party during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Villa des Oliviers on May 15, 2018 in Cap d'Antibes, France. (Photo by Goff Photos)

An aircraft passes the rising sun during take off at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, September 2, 2019. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

Twenty-year-old women draped in traditional kimonos gather for their “Coming-of-Age Day” ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, eastern suburb of Tokyo on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)

(L-R) Chris Diamantopoulos, AnnaLynne McCord, Matt Jones and Jane Seymour visit the Build Series at Build Studio on January 23, 2018 in New York City, United States. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

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.