Juventus Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will end his career in Juventus. After Buffon’s retirement Spanish outlet AS has made the most expensive XI players ever by position.
Goalkeeper - Gianluigi Buffon, €53.5m
Buffon left Parma for Juventus 17 years ago and he remains the most expensive goalkeeper of all time.
Right-back - Kyle Walker, €51m
Kyle Walker joined Manchester City from Tottenham at the star of the season.
Centre-back - Aymeric Laporte, €65m
Aymeric Laporte joined from Athletic Bilbao in the January transfer window for €65m (£57m).
Centre-back - Virgil van Dijk, €80m
Virgil van Dik joined Liverpool from Southampton on December 2.
Left-back - Benjamin Mendy, €58m
City - on a major defensive recruitment drive - threw the big bucks Monaco's way and brought him to England.
Midfield - Paul Pogba, €105m
France star Pogba had the honour of being the most expensive player ever for a season after returning to Manchester United in a huge deal from Juve.
Midfield - Zinedine Zidane, €79m
Zidane was the most expensive and arguably the most influential in a Real Madrid shirt. Madrid broke the world transfer record to sign the Frenchman and he went on to win the Champions League in his first season.
Midfield - Philippe Coutinho, €122m
Coutinho eventually got his way from Liverpool and moved to Catalonia in early January.
Right wing - Ousmane Dembele, €105m
After departure from Borussia Dortmund by going on strike at the start of the 2017-18 season, Dembele endured a far from ideal start to life at Camp Nou.
Striker - Cristiano Ronaldo, €95m
Although Ronaldo's record as the world's most expensive player was broken when Gareth Bale joined him at the Santiago Bernabeu for €102m in 2013, his transition to a central role in the latter stages of his career effectively makes him the priciest striker.
Left wing - Neymar, €222m
The world's most expensive player after his part in a transfer which shook football in August. Paris Saint-Germain left Barca utterly helpless as they paid Neymar's €222m release clause and secured his signature.
