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
Jairo Torres the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship with the Mexico national under-17 football team. He was named best player in the tournament. Jairo Torres Ían Jairo Misael Torres Ramírez (born July 5, 2000 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a professional Mexican footballer who currently plays for Club Atlas. Torres joined Atlas youth academy in 2011. Which he then continued through Los Rojinegros Youth Academy successfully going through U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-20. He finally broke thorough to the first team, José Cruz being the coach promoting Torres to first team. On November 19, 2016 Torres made his professional debut in the Liga MX