This winning goal was enough to exhaust £18m on the player. Breaking an age record is all the 16-year-old has to gain with the popularity of nailing the seventh record fee paid for a player this season. For several young football players, setting records at a young age has become a seasonal surprise. Players who have been paid with quite the price ranged from 18 to 32 years old, and now 16 years old being the youngest thanks to Pellegri.
Aside from Pellegri, Real Madrid also set a new record for purchasing 18-year-old Vinicius Junior from Flamengo. The striker’s transfer amounted to £40m which trumped Manchester United’s offer for Luke Shaw from Southampton.