Australia’s 10 biggest transfer moves in men’s football, to Serie A, the Bundesliga and the Premier League

The past week in Australian football has been lit up by the move of the Socceroos number one in Mat Ryan to a massive club in Arsenal.

The news prompted a discussion on the ABC Grandstand Football podcast with my co-host Robbie Cornthwaite to determine the biggest Australian transfers of all-time among male players.

Note, this is not a list of the most expensive deals but simply the biggest moves.

The key criteria are: the status of the player at the time in the Australian game, fused with the status and size of the club at the time that the player joined them.

Other factors like the length of the deal must also come into play, along with the role the player would have at the club. It was Mat Ryan’s backup role at the…