REVEALED: The world's most expensive ever transfers according to inflation

10. Andriy Shevchenko - Signed: £30.8m; Inflation: £44m

American finance bods Forbes have adjusted the world's biggest transfers according to their respective rates of inflation to create a new top 10 of expensive players. While there are players who have been signed for far more than the £30.8m Chelsea paid Milan for Andriy Shevchenko in 2006, Forbes claim the rate of inflation over the past seven years means that the same player would now cost the Blues around £44m. Click the arrow to for more.

Serious money has already been splashed out so far on transfers, as Europe's wealthiest clubs strengthen their ranks with the world's most sought-after talent.

So far, we have seen Monaco blow away the interests of Chelsea and Real Madrid by securing Colombian hitman Radamel Falcao in an estimated £50m deal, while Barcelona have forked out a similar figure on Brazilian superstar Neymar.

However, in an interesting twist on the value of a transfer, American finance giants Forbes have adjusted the world's biggest transfers according to their respective rates of inflation to create a new top 10. To see who is the world's most expensive players, click the arrow on the image above.