De Jong joins Neymar, Mbappe & Pogba in most expensive U23 transfers XI

Frankie de Jong has just signed for Barcelona for €75m with a further 11 million in variables, which is one of the most expensive transfer for a U23 player. So what is the most expensive XI for the U23 transfers? Here is the top XI U23 transfers based on the statistics from football website Transfermarkt.

With the transfer fees of €135m, Mbappe has been the most expensive player who made a transfer under 23 years old until now.

Most of these transfers happened in recent ten years except for Rio Ferdinand. In 2002, Ferdinand joined Man Utd for €46m to become the then-most expensive British footballer in history.

Here is the full XI:

Goalkeeper: 

Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea): €80m

Defenders: 

Benjamin Mendy (Monaco to Man City): €57.5m

Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao to Man City): €65m

Rio Ferdinand (Leeds to Man Utd): €46m

John Stones (Everton to Man City): €55.6m

Midfielders:

Paul Pogba (Juventus to Man Utd): €105m

Frankie de Jong (Ajax to Barcelona): €75m

James Rodriguez (Monaco to Real Madrid): €75m

Forwards:

Neymar (Santos to Barcelona): €88.2m

Kylian Mbappe (Monaco to PSG): €135m

Ousmane Dembele (Dortmund to Barcelona): €120m