Most expensive football player (soccer player) defender
- Who
- Harry Maguire
- What
- 80,000,000 UK pound(s) sterling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- When
- 05 August 2019
The most expensive football player (soccer player) defender is Harry Maguire (UK), who was signed by Manchester United from Leicester City (both UK) for a reported £80 million (€87,503,500; $97,233,700) on 5 August 2019.
Maguire's transfer eclipses the previous record paid for Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) by Liverpool from Southampton F.C. in 2018 of £75 million. Maguire signed a 6 year deal with Manchester United.