Ilya Zabarnyi, the defender of the Ukrainian team, which is Azerbaijan's opponent in the 2026 World Cup, has moved to PSG for 63 million euros (excluding bonuses).
Idman.biz reports that this is the second most expensive transfer in the history of Ukrainian football.
The record in this indicator belongs to Mykhailo Mudryk. He moved from Shakhtar to Chelsea in 2023 for 70 million euros.
Top 10 most expensive transfers among Ukrainian football players:
70.00 million euros – Mykhailo Mudryk (2023, from Shakhtar to Chelsea)
63.00 million euros – Ilya Zabarnyi (2025, from Bournemouth to PSG)
43.88 million euros – Andriy Shevchenko (2006, from Milan to Chelsea)
35.00 million euros – Oleksandr Zinchenko (2022, from Manchester City to Arsenal)
30.50 million euros – Artem Dovbyk (2024, from Girona to Roma)
25.00 million euros – Dmytro Chygrynskiy (2009, from Shakhtar to Barcelona)
25.00 million euros – Andriy Yarmolenko (2017, from Dynamo Kyiv to Borussia Dortmund)
23.91 million euros – Andriy Shevchenko (1999, from Dynamo Kyiv to Milan)
23.50 million euros – Vitaliy Mykolenko (2022, from Dynamo Kyiv to Everton)
22.70 million euros – Ilya Zabarnyi (2023, from Dynamo Kyiv to Bournemouth)
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