Progression of the British football transfer fee record in 2001 was £38m. On 1 September 2008, Manchester City agreed a reported £32,500,000 fee for Robinho, which remained the record amount paid by a British club until 31 January 2011, when Liverpool paid £35,000,000 for Andy Carroll from Newcastle United, which was also a new record amount paid for a British player. A few hours later, the record amount paid by a British club was broken again when Chelsea paid £50,000,000 for Fernando Torres from Liverpool. On 11 June 2009, Manchester United announced that they had accepted an £80,000,000 bid from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. The transfer was
Manuel Torres Jiménez Manuel Torres Jiménez Manuel Torres Jiménez (born 5 January 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEL Limassol as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his professional career in Germany, starting out at Schalke 04's reserves. Born in La Algaba, Province of Seville, Andalusia, Torres played youth football with local club Real Betis. His professional input in his homeland consisted of two Segunda División games as a substitute with Villarreal CF's B-team, the first being on 27 August 2010 in a 0–3 away loss against Real Valladolid. In the summer of 2011, 20-year-old Torres moved to