The following is a list of the most expensive Dutch football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for Dutch footballers, as well as the largest transfer fees paid and received by Dutch football clubs. The current transfer record for a Dutch footballer was set by the transfer of Nina Nijstad from PSV to Portland Thorns for €600 thousand in July 2026, while the record for a Dutch man was set by the transfer of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton to Liverpool for €84.65 million in December 2017.
For women football records are less well kept. Players usually leave or join as a free agent. Unlike male football where transfers are well documented and published. The records for the largest transfer fees paid and received by a Dutch men's club are both held by Ajax, receiving the most for Antony when he was sold to Manchester United for €95 million, and they paid the most for Steven Bergwijn when he came over from Tottenham Hotspur for €31.25 million. Both records were set in 2022.
Highest transfer payments for Dutch football players Highest transfer payments paid by Dutch football clubs. The majority of transfer fees listed are not officially disclosed by the trading clubs and are reported by reliable mainstream media. Different media outlets may report varying transfer fees. The transfer fees are ranked in Euro's (€) without accounting for add-ons, with fees that include add-ons signified by a note.
Women
Top 10 most expensive transfers for Dutch football playersRankPlayerFromToPositionFee(€ thousand)Year 1 Nina Nijstad PSV Portland Thorns Midfielder 600 2 Janou Levels Wolfsburg Real Madrid Defender 600 3 Lotte Keukelaar Ajax Real Madrid Forward 500 4 Jill Roord Wolfsburg Manchester City Midfielder 450 5 Nikée van Dijk Twente Internazionale Forward 450 6 Jackie Groenen Manchester United Paris Saint-Germain Midfielder 150 7 Lize Kop Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur Goalkeeper 150 8 Victoria Pelova Ajax Arsenal Midfielder 100 9 Wieke Kaptein Twente Chelsea Midfielder 100 10 Daphne van Domselaar Aston Villa Arsenal Goalkeeper 100 Notes
Men
Top 20 most expensive transfers for Dutch male football playersRankPlayerFromToPositionFee(€ million)Year 1 Virgil van Dijk Southampton Liverpool Defender 84.65 2 Frenkie de Jong Ajax Barcelona Midfielder 75 3 Matthijs de Ligt (1) Ajax Juventus Defender 75 4 Crysencio Summerville West Ham United Al Hilal Midfielder 70 5 Matthijs de Ligt (2) Juventus Bayern Munich Defender 67 6 Tijjani Reijnders (2) Manchester City Al Qadsiah Midfielder 61 7 Xavi Simons (2) RB Leipzig Tottenham Hotspur Midfielder 60 8 Jan Paul van Hecke Brighton & Hove Albion Tottenham Hotspur Defender 60 9 Tijjani Reijnders (1) AC Milan Manchester City Midfielder 55 10 Teun Koopmeiners Atalanta Juventus Midfielder 51.3 11 Xavi Simons (1) Paris Saint-Germain RB Leipzig Midfielder 50 12 Nathan Aké Bournemouth Manchester City Defender 45.3 13 Matthijs de Ligt (3) Bayern Munich Manchester United Defender 45 14 Ian Maatsen Chelsea Aston Villa Midfielder 44.5 15 Jorrel Hato Ajax Chelsea Defender 44.18 16 Joshua Zirkzee Bologna Manchester United Forward 42.5 17 Cody Gakpo PSV Liverpool Forward 42 18 Marc Overmars Arsenal Barcelona Midfielder 40 19 Jurriën Timber Ajax Arsenal Defender 40 20 Micky van de Ven Wolfsburg Tottenham Hotspur Defender 40 Notes
Biggest transfers involving Dutch football clubs Incoming transfers Highest transfer payments paid by Dutch football clubs. The majority of transfer fees listed are not officially disclosed by the trading clubs and are reported by reliable mainstream media. Different media outlets may report varying transfer fees. The transfer fees are ranked in Euro's (€) without accounting for add-ons, with fees that include add-ons signified by a note.
Women
Top 3 most expensive incoming transfers for a Dutch clubRankPlayerFromToPositionFee(€ thousand)Year 1 Rosalie Renfurm FC Utrecht (women) PSV Midfielder 40 2 Danique Ypema Heerenveen Twente Defender 15 3 Chimera Ripa VV Alkmaar PSV Midfielder 10 Notes
Men
Top 10 most expensive incoming transfers for a Dutch clubRankPlayerFromToPositionFee(€ million)Year 1 Steven Bergwijn Tottenham Hotspur Ajax Forward 31.25 2 Calvin Bassey West Ham United Ajax Forward 23 3 Sébastien Haller West Ham United Ajax Forward 22.25 4 Josip Šutalo Dinamo Zagreb Ajax Defender 20.5 5 Marcos Leonardo Al Hilal Ajax Forward 19.5 6 Brian Brobbey RB Leipzig Ajax Forward 16.35 7 Miralem Sulejmani Heerenveen Ajax Midfielder 16.25 8 Daley Blind Manchester United Ajax Defender 16 9 Georges Mikautadze Metz Ajax Forward 16 10 Antony São Paulo Ajax Midfielder 15.75 Notes
Outgoing transfers Highest transfer payments received by Dutch football clubs. The majority of transfer fees listed are not officially disclosed by the trading clubs and are reported by reliable mainstream media. Different media outlets may report varying transfer fees. The transfer fees are ranked in Euro's (€) without accounting for add-ons, with fees that include add-ons signified by a note.
Women
Top 10 most expensive outgoing transfers for a Dutch clubRankPlayerFromToPositionFee(€ thousand)Year 1 Nina Nijstad PSV Portland Thorns Midfielder 600 2 Lotte Keukelaar Ajax Real Madrid Forward 500 3 Lily Yohannes Ajax OL Lyonnes Midfielder 450 4 Nikée van Dijk Twente Internazionale Forward 450 5 Victoria Pelova Ajax Arsenal Midfielder 100 6 Wieke Kaptein Twente Chelsea Midfielder 100 7 Fenna Kalma Twente Wolfsburg Forward 80 8 Chasity Grant Ajax Aston Villa Midfielder 80 9 Joëlle Smits PSV Wolfsburg Forward 50 10 Kika van Es Ajax Everton Defender 35 Notes
Men
Top 10 most expensive outgoing transfers for a Dutch clubRankPlayerFromToPositionFee(€ million)Year 1 Antony Ajax Manchester United Midfielder 95 2 Frenkie de Jong Ajax Barcelona Midfielder 75 3 Matthijs de Ligt Ajax Juventus Defender 75 4 Lisandro Martínez Ajax Manchester United Defender 57.37 5 Hirving Lozano PSV Napoli Midfielder 45 6 Jorrel Hato Ajax Chelsea Defender 44.18 7 Cody Gakpo PSV Liverpool Forward 42 8 Mohammed Kudus Ajax West Ham United Midfielder 41.5 9 Davinson Sánchez Ajax Tottenham Hotspur Defender 40 10 Jurriën Timber Ajax Arsenal Defender 40 Notes
See also List of most expensive women's association football transfers List of most expensive association football transfers Vrouwen Eredivisie Eredivisie Women's football in the Netherlands Football in the Netherlands
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