2026: Jack Moylan, £3m (estimated)
Jack Moylan’s move in August 2026 represents perhaps the most striking transfer milestone of them all, not simply because of the size of the fee, but because of how quickly City’s ceiling shifted again. He had arrived for around £50,000 from Shelbourne ahead of the 2024 season after finishing as the League of Ireland Premier Division’s leading scorer in 2023, and gradually developed into one of City’s most influential attacking players. By the end of 2025/26, he had scored 17 goals in 77 league appearances, helping the Imps win the League One title and earning a place in the division’s Team of the Season.
Cardiff City then moved for him in August 2026, and the deal produced another extraordinary leap in City’s transfer history. Makama had taken the record to £1.5m only a year earlier, but Moylan’s move is believed to have brought in £3m before any potential add-ons, doubling that initial figure in the space of 12 months. The precise fee is not reflected consistently in public records: the transfer itself is undisclosed.
Whatever the final total eventually becomes, the broader point is striking: after waiting decades to reach seven figures, City doubled their record sale twice in consecutive summers.
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