4) Seamus Coleman (Everton) – £60,000
Coleman

Like Toure, the right-back was picked from obscurity, in his case Irish football, moving to Goodison Park from Sligo Rovers in the summer of 2009.

Coleman has subsequently gone on to rack up 342 appearances for Everton over the past 12 years, as well as captaining his country.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.