How British transfer record

Florian Wirtz has arrived for £116m in the Premier League as the most expensive signing in a deal involving a British club.

- By Simon Carter

Here, we look at the progression of the British transfer fee record...

£100

Aston Villa become the first club to pay a three figure transfer fee when they sign Willie Groves from West Brom in 1893.

£1,000

Alf Common becomes British football's first four-figure signing, when he leaves Sunderland for Middlesbrough in 1905.

£80m

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, (pictured left), shatters the British transfer record, at the time £32.5m, by joining Real Madrid in July 2009.

£2,000

Halfback George Utley moves from Barnsley to Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United in 1913.