ByAlex BysouthBBC Sport Senior journalist

Will the £200m Paris St-Germain-paid Barcelona for Neymar Jr ever be surpassed?

Records are there to be broken, but that figure has stood as football's most expensive sum for almost a decade now and it is hard to see anyone topping it soon.

Yet tracking the progression of the world record fee offers an insight into evolving trends of power and dominance in global football - from the Italian golden era to Real Madrid's Galactico splurge and, ultimately, Parisian riches.