PSV most expensive player sales - How Eredivisie side made over €600 million in outgoing transfers

A product of PSV's youth academy, Jurgen Locadia spent seven years at the club, making 127 appearances, scoring 45 goals.

The striker almost signed for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer of 2017 for a reported £10 million fee. However, PSV pulled out of the deal in the last minutes of the window.

In January 2018, Brighton paid €17m for the Dutchman.

Locadia spent just two seasons at Brighton between 2018 and 2022, which included loans to Hoffenheim and Cincinnati before joining VfL Bochum in January 2022 on free until the end of the season.

In August 2022, Locadia signed for Persian club Persepolis on a one-year deal.

After spending two years graduating at Sparta Rotterdam's academy, Kevin Strootman joined their first team in 2008, featuring for 72 games before signing for Utrecht in January 2011 for €700,000.

The talented defensive midfielder just made 14 appearances for Utrecht before PSV swooped for him in the summer of 2011 in a €4.50 million transfer.

At PSV, Strootman made 62 appearances, scoring eight goals and established himself as one of the best in the business.

In July 2013, Roma agreed to pay €17.50m for his signature.

One of the greatest wingers of his generation, Arjen Robben started his career at Groningen and was a revelation there as he won the player of the year in his first season at senior level with them in 2000-01.

PSV actively scouted his progress before signing him for €4.30 million in the summer of 2002.

At PSV, Robben spent two seasons and formed an incredible partnership with Mateja Kezman, with fans famously referring the duo as "Batman and Robin."

Robben helped PSV win their 17th Dutch title before Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson met him in London to sign him for the Red Devils.

However, United's offer was turned down and Chelsea swooped in, signing the Dutchman for €18m in the summer of 2004.

Robben later featured for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich before coming full circle and ending his career at Groningen.

After starting his career at Feyenoord, Georginio Wijnaldum made 111 appearances for them between 2007 and 2011 before PSV signed him for €5 million in July 2011.

The Dutch midfielder was one of the best performers at PSV in his four year spell, scoring 40 goals in 109 appearances before signing for Newcastle in the summer of 2015 for a €20m fee.

Wijnaldum later went on to feature for Liverpool, helping them win the Champions League in the 2018-19 season before winning the Premier League with them in 2020.

One of the greatest Dutch strikers in history, Ruud van Nistelrooy arrived at PSV from Heerenveen in a €7 million transfer in July 1998.

Van Nistelrooy spent three seasons at PSV, scoring 62 goals in just 67 appearances and winning two league titles.

In 2001, Ferguson pushed United to sign the forward and Van Nistelrooy arrived at Old Trafford for a club record €28.50m transfer fee.

Ferguson famously revealed that his son Darren begged him to sign Van Nistelrooy, which eventually led to the transfer.

After beginning his career youth career at Ajax, Donyell Malen joined Arsenal's academy in 2015.

After two years with the Gunners, PSV signed him for €600,000 in August 2017.

Malen featured for Jong PSV in the 2017-18 season, scoring 13 goals in 22 games before being promoted to the first team in 2018.

In his three-season stint with the senior team, the Dutch forward was a revelation, scoring 40 goals in 81 games before Borussia Dortmund signed him for €30 million in July 2021, after Jadon Sancho left the club.

One of those rare players who has featured for both PSV and Ajax, Steven Bergwijn joined Ajax's youth academy in 2005 and after a conflict with one of his trainers, he chose to leave the club in 2011, joining PSV.

After 31 appearances for PSV's reserve team, the winger made his debut for their senior team in 2014 and went on to make 112 appearances in six years at the club.

The pacy winger was lured by Tottenham in the January transfer window of the 2019-20 season, signing for €30 million.

After just over two seasons at Spurs, Bergwijn returned to Ajax in a €31.25m move.

PSV's third-most expensive sale in their history, Memphis Depay joined the club at the age of 12 in 2006.

After five years in their academy, Depay was promoted to their senior team where he mesmerised coaches and fans with his tremendous pace and trickery on the ball.

In his four-year spell in PSV's senior team, Depay scored 39 goals in 90 appearances, ending the 2014/15 season as the league's top scorer with 22 goals and winning the league title.

Then Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal decided to bring the striker to Old Trafford for €34 million in 2015, making him PSV's most expensive sale at that time.

However, Depay failed to adjust at United, playing just 33 games in two seasons before moving to Lyon for €16m.

The Dutch forward joined Barcelona for free in July 2021.

Madueke decided to leave the Tottenham youth academy at the tender age of 16 in favour of a move to PSV in the summer of 2018, rejecting a new deal from Spurs, while also turning down Manchester United in the process.

The tricky winger did not need long to make an impact at the Eredivisie giants and made his official first-team debut in January 2020, still only 17.

He would go on to become a key figure in Eindhoven the next year and it seemed only a matter of time before a Premier League club would splash the case and bring him back to England.

A string of injuries briefly delayed the inevitable big-money transfer, but he got his transfer after all when Chelsea opted to pay an initial fee of €35m for him in January 2023.

Dutch forward Cody Gakpo joined Liverpool in the January transfer window of the 2022-23 season for €42 million after impressing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The striker made 159 senior appearances for PSV, scoring 55 goals and providing 50 assists in his time at the club. Gakpo won the 2017-18 Eredivisie title along with two Dutch Super Cups and a Dutch Cup (KNVB Cup).

He is just the kind of player which Liverpool desired considering his abilities to not only score goals, but also contribute to the team's attack in the form of assists, something which was missing in the first half of their 2022-23 campaign.

Mexican winger Hirving Lozano spent the majority of his youth career in Mexico with Pachuca where he made 120 appearances between 2014 to 2017, scoring 31 goals.

PSV scouted him aggressively and after a lengthy transfer saga which saw Lozano being linked to Manchester United, Manchester City, Ajax and Benfica, the Dutch club signed him for €12.50 million in July 2017.

Lozano was an instant hit at PSV and went on to score 34 goals in 60 appearances for them in his two seasons there.

In 2019, Napoli agreed to pay €45m for the then 24-year-old winger, making him the most expensive sale in PSV's history!