The Los Angeles Lakers' proposed $10billion (£7.45bn) sale to the TWG Global CEO Mark Walter would make them the most expensive sports team in the world.Should the sale of the Lakers - who have been owned by the Buss family since 1979,

According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to Mark Walter, who is currently a minority owner of the team.

Here are the top five biggest sales in sports team history, including the historic $10 billion for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Buss family, architects of 11 NBA championships, is poised to relinquish their four-decade reign over the LA Lakers, with ESPN reporting they are entering an agreement to sell

The Los Angeles Lakers will have new majority ownership, selling to Mark Walter, the CEO of TWG Global and controlling owner of the Dodgers.

The majority stake of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball franchise is being sold in what will mark the most expensive sale of a US sports team in history,