I always thought that Man Utd paid cash for Birtles we then bought Ritchie and sold Ward for the same amount so we were the only ones not making or spending any money.
The chase just asked a question - which was the first club to pay £1m for a player Nottingham Forest Liverpool or Man Utd and the correct answer was Forest. I am sure that I have read many times that Brian Clough denied this and said that he paid £999,999.00 for him ie £1 short so as to not...