Paris Saint-Germain most expensive signings: How PSG splashed over €1.8 billion on incoming transfers

Javier Pastore was one of the first few superstars to arrive at PSG in the initial days of the club's takeover by QSI.

Signed for €42 million (£37.80m) from Palermo in 2011, Pastore eventually spent seven years at PSG, scoring 29 goals in 186 appearances.

It was Pastore who vacated his number 10 jersey and gave it as a gift to Neymar when the Brazilian arrived at the club.

A transfer that very much took advantage of Milan's financial turmoil at the time, Thiago Silva signed for PSG for €42 million (£37.80 million) in the summer of 2012.

Milan initially refuted all rumours relating to the Brazilian defender so much so that the club's owner at that time, Silvio Berlusconi, insisted that he would stay at the club.

The whole saga even reached a stage where just 12 days before signing for PSG, Thiago Silva extended his contract with Milan until 2017.

However, the move happened after all mere weeks later, making Thiago Silva the most expensive defender in history at that time.

PSG initially signed Nuno Mendes on a season-long loan in the summer of 2021.

His performances for the club saw him nominated for Ligue 1's Young Player of the Year award and also saw him rewarded with a place in the Team of the Year.

The Portuguese left-back was so good that PSG decided to exercise their option to trigger his buyout clause of €48.80 million (£44.11m) and sign him on a four-year deal.

Just two years after signing Thiago Silva for a world record fee for a defender, PSG broke their own record and brought in David Luiz from Chelsea in the summer of 2014.

Signed for €49.50 million (£44.55 million), Luiz won all four domestic competitions in his two-season spell in France before returning to Stamford Bridge in a €35m (£31.50m) million transfer in 2016.

After another three seasons at Chelsea, Luiz joined Arsenal before returning back to his home country to join Flamengo in 2021.

Icardi joined PSG from Inter in the summer of 2019 on a one-season loan with a €70 million option to buy.

He won Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and also reached the UEFA Champions League final in his first season at the club.

Despite being an unused substitute in that final, Icardi was PSG's top scorer in the tournament with five goals in seven games, alongside Kylian Mbappe.

PSG decided to trigger the option to sign him, although they renegotiated the deal to eventually get their man for €50 million (£45 million) in the summer of 2020.

After a rather sour stint at Manchester United, where he failed to adjust and perform, Angel Di Maria joined PSG in the summer of 2015 for €63 million (£56.50 million).

In his seven years at PSG, Di Maria won numerous domestic trophies and even reached the Champions League final in the 2019-20 season against Bayern Munich.

The Argentine winger spent another two seasons in France, racking up 92 goals and 112 assists in 295 matches for PSG, before making the move to Juventus as a free agent in the summer of 2022.

Back in 2013, PSG signed Edinson Cavani from Napoli for €64.50 million (£58.95 million), making him the sixth-most expensive transfer in history at that time.

During his time at the club, Cavani became one of the best strikers in the world and won back-to-back domestic trebles with PSG, winning the Ligue 1, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

His journey at the French capital also saw him become PSG's greatest-ever goal scorer when he scored his 157th goal in his 229th match in a 4-0 win over Montpellier in January 2018.

Hakimi signed for PSG in July 2021 for €66.50 million (£59.85 million) from Inter.

The Moroccan soon became an integral part of the first team as he adjusted to conditions in France rather quickly.

Hakimi made a grand entry into Ligue 1 as he scored on his debut against Troyes in the first league game of the 2021-22 season.

After leading Monaco to a league title in his breakthrough 2016-17 season, Kylian Mbappe soon became a phenomenon on the European stage, with some of the best clubs in the world showing their interest in him.

PSG eventually pounced on the opportunity to sign the striker and signed him on loan in August 2017.

Mbappe went on to score on both his Ligue 1 and Champions League debut for PSG.

After a successful loan spell, the Parisians announced his permanent transfer for €180 million (£162 million) in the summer of 2018, making him the second-most expensive transfer in the history of football.

Mbappe has scored close to 200 goals in all competitions for PSG since his move to the capital.

After activating his release clause and paying Barcelona €222 million (£199.80 million), Neymar completed his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017, making him the most-expensive footballer in history.

The Brazilian superstar won a domestic treble in his first season at the club and has won every single league title since arriving in Paris except the 2020-21 season, where Lille claimed the title for the first time since 2011.

Neymar has scored over 100 goals for PSG since 2017.