CHRIS WOOD is formally the most-expensive 30-year-old in Premier League historical past.
The previous Burnley striker grew to become the newest performed to hitch Newcastle's revolution now working below the richest homeowners in world soccer.
Wooden joined Eddie Howe's squad of their battle to keep away from relegation in a £25million deal.
In doing so, the New Zealander overtook ex-Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos in commanding the very best price for a 30-year-old in English historical past, in accordance with Omar Chaudhuri.
Sokratis had value the Gunners £18m on signing him from Borussia Dortmund within the 2018-19 season, with Wooden a strong £7m costlier.
However Wooden shouldn't be the most-expensive 30-year-old in world soccer historical past.
That honour goes to Miralem Pjanic, whose doomed 2020 transfer from Juventus value Barcelona a staggering £55m.
The record of most-expensive switch by age is dominated by Arsenal, Chelsea and the 2 Manchester golf equipment.
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The Gunners proved they prefer to splash money on youth of their offers for Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - the priciest 16 and 17-year-olds, respectively.
Man Utd maintain the information for Anthony Martial (19 years outdated), Jadon Sancho (21), Paul Pogba (23), Romelu Lukaku (24), Harry Maguire (26) and Edwin van der Sar (34).
Chelsea have Christian Pulisic (20), Romelu Lukaku (28) - following his £97.5m transfer again to Stamford Bridge this summer time - Andriy Shevchenko (29) and Olivier GIroud (31).
Man Metropolis broke age information for Jack Grealish (25) following his £100m transfer in the summertime, in addition to Riyad Mahrez (27) and Claudio Bravo (33).
Tottenham additionally characteristic twice with Tanguy Ndombele (22) and Fernando Llorente (32), whereas Wolves' transfer for Fabio Silva broke the Prem document price for an 18-year-old.
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