13) Mathieu Valbuena: Olympique Marseille -> Zenit St. Petersburg (£6 million)
It was a shock no English team attempted to hijack Valbuena’s move to Russia, though you’d expect he is on exorbitant wages at the moment with Valbuena himself even saying finances were the key reason for his move.
With three goals and eight assists already this season there might be a clamour of interest in the summer with a predicted fire sale at Zenit following their Champions League group stage failure.