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Southampton most expensive player sales - How Saints made over £550 million in outgoing transfers

Southampton are renowned for their top-class youth academy and also have one of the best scouting teams in the Premier League.

Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott are arguably their most famous academy graduates, with both enjoying successful careers at the highest level.

But the Saints have also consistently managed to bring in some of the greatest prospects in the game, only to help them take their game to the next level and then sell at a healthy profit.

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In recent years, Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane, Adam Lallana, Danny Ings and Dejan Lovren all swapped Southampton in favour of a move to Anfield.

Who were their best outgoing deals, though, and which players earned them the most money?

Southampton most expensive player sales by season

Season

Biggest sale

Fee

Total sales

2022/23

None

Nil

Nil

2021/22

Danny Ings

£26.48M

£54.33M

2020/21

Pierre-Emile Hojberg

£14.94M

£23.67M

2019/20

Matt Targett

£13.95M

£24.57M

2018/19

Dusan Tadic

£12.33M

£23.49M

2017/18

Virgil van Dijk

£76.19M

£88.52M

2016/17

Sadio Mane

£37.08M

£76.55M

2015/16

Morgan Schneiderlin

£31.50M

£47.43M

2014/15

Luke Shaw

£33.75

£111.45M

2013/14

Jason Puncheon

£1.98M

£3.78M

2012/13

None

Nil

Nil

2011/12

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

£12.42M

£12.91M

2010/11

None

Nil

Nil

2009/10

David McGoldrick

£1.69M

£4.57M

2008/09

Andrew Davies

£1.71M

£3.04M

2007/08

Gareth Bale

£13.23M

£27.82M

2006/07

Ricardo Fuller

£1.58M

£4.05M

2005/06

Peter Crouch/Theo Walcott

£9.45M

£26.93M

2004/05

James Beattie

£8.10M

£10.35M

2003/04

Wayne Bridge

£9.45M

£9.79M

2002/03

None

Nil

Nil

2001/02

Dean Richards

£10.94M

£13.01M

2000/01

Shayne Bradley

£117,000

£131,000

TOTAL

£566.39M

*All figures are taken from Transfermarkt unless stated otherwise.

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