2. Alessandro Del Piero – Padova to Juventus – £421,000
Another one-man club that became the face of the club during his long and illustrious time there. Arriving on the cheap as a raw youngster, he went on to win everything there was to win while at the club – including the World Cup, and lit up the football landscape whilst doing it. Ale sits at the top of Juventus’ scoring charts with 290 goals, 43 from free kicks (the most for Juventus), and earned legendary status for life amongst the fans when he followed the club down to Serie B after the Calciopoli scandal in 2006.