Barcelona's 10 most expensive players in history

Barcelona are well-known for promoting youngsters into the first team due to the famed La Masia academy – the place where a large number of their players are schooled in the art of tiki-taka. Supporters and the club alike are proud of the fact and rightly so, but Barcelona have still spent large amounts of money on players over the years.How you evaluate those who were a success and those who weren't isn't an easy task, but putting them in the order of importance will surely spark debate. Here is a look at the most expensive transfers in Barcelona’s history.

#10 Ronaldinho - 21m

Ronaldinho mesmerized the Nou Camp

There are players on this list who won more trophies and there were players who scored more goals, but none did it in the fashion of Ronaldinho. He was without doubt the best player in the world and had a glorious career at Barcelona.

Originally, Barcelona president Joan Laporta had promised to bring David Beckham to the club, but following his transfer to Real Madrid Barcelona entered the running for Ronaldinho and outbid Manchester United for his signature with a reported fee of £21million.

He was worth every penny of that in his four seasons at Barcelona. He scored 94 goals in 207 appearances for Barcelona and won the Champions League in 2006, which was also his beat season at Barcelona when he was named the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, scoring 26 goals, during that season.