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Swansea City paid £12 million for Wilfried Bony in January 2013, making him the most expensive African player in history at the time. Bony had been in impressive form for Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands, scoring 31 goals in 52 appearances, and he continued his goalscoring form in the Premier League, netting 26 goals in 40 appearances for Swansea in his first season.