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Sports Features of Wednesday, 9 August 2017

Source: Eric Annan

Release clauses to explode

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Probable transfer shocks to follow Neymar's £198m PSG saga should a deal seal through,as Ronaldo and Benzema leads the chart

Neymar da Silver Jr. currently on top of the transfer chart as the world's most expensive footballer,following his £198m transfer move to PSG,surpassing £89m Manchester' s talisman Paul Pogba's transfer from Italian giants Juventus and Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo,comes the world's biggest release clauses should the under-listed players sign on to new clubs.

For players like Ronaldo and Benzema the release clause tag on them is a whooping £894m each.

Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid - £894m

Karim Benzema - Real Madrid - £894m

Gareth Bale - Real Madrid - £447m

Luka Modric - Real Madrid - £447m

James Rodriguez - Real Madrid - £447m

Lionel Messi - Barcelona - £268m

Toni Kroos - Real Madrid - £268m

Antoine Griezmann - Atletico Madrid - £181m

Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid - £181m

Casemiro - Real Madrid - £181m

Andres Iniesta - Barcelona - £181m

Gerard Pique - Barcelona - £181m

Sergio Busquets - Barcelona - £181m

Luis Suarez - Barcelona - £179m