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Leicester City most expensive sales - How the Foxes made £500 million in outgoing transfers

Ever since their incredible Premier League title win in the 2015-16 season, Leicester have built a great reputation of selling players at inflated costs.

N'Golo Kante, Riyad Mahrez, Harry Maguire and Ben Chilwell are a few of the many star players the Foxes have been able to demand huge transfer fees for before allowing them to move on.

Leicester have raked in humongous amounts of cash from sales as a result, but which stars are among their most expensive sales?

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Let's take a look!

Season

Biggest sale

Fee

Total sales

2023-24

James Maddison

£40.00M

£40.00M

2022-23

Wesley Fofana

£72.36M

£73.26M

2021-22

Rachid Ghezzal

£2.7M

£3.6M

2020-21

Ben Chilwell

£45.18M

£48.4M

2019-20

Harry Maguire

£78.3M

£79.65M

2018-19

Riyad Mahrez

£61.02M

£86.22M

2017-18

Danny Drinkwater

£34.11M

£45.09M

2016-17

N'Golo Kante

£32.22M

£59.45M

2015-16

David Nugent

£5.04M

£8.51M

2014-15

None

Nil

Nil

2013-14

Ben Marshall

£1.04M

£1.04M

2012-13

Matt Mills

£2.25M

£3.74M

2011-12

Jack Hobbs

£851,000

£1.12M

2010-11

DJ Campbell

£1.35M

£2.69M

2009-10

Joe Mattock

£1.08M

£1.08M

2008-09

Gareth McAuley

£1.71M

£4.52M

2007-08

Patrick McCarthy

£855,000

£1.27M

2006-07

Gareth Williams

£1.13M

£1.66M

2005-06

David Connolly

£2.7M

£3.08M

2004-05

Ben Thatcher

£1.35M

£1.72M

2003-04

None

Nil

Nil

2002-03

Matt Piper/Gary Rowett

£4.73M

£12.15M

2001-02

Dean Sturridge

£1.01M

£2.73M

2000-01

Neil Lennon

£7.76M

£8.73M

TOTAL

£490M

*All figures are taken from Transfermarkt unless stated otherwise.

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