‘My match bonus was 10 times my salary. I gave the money to my dad. Those bonuses were more than he earned in a whole month’ World's most expensive player Denilson tells extraordinary rags-to-riches tale

Denilson (L) alongside Ronaldo (R).

Nowadays, £21.5 million buys you a bog standard Premier League defender but back in 1998, it was enough to make Denilson the most expensive footballer of all-time.

The Brazilian joined LaLiga side Real Betis in a bumper transfer which put the Andalusian club on the map.