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BensGrandad

New member
Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
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 give him that tag as the first £1m player. I know Spurs did it with Jimmy Greaves paid £99.999 to avoid the first £100k tag.
 










Monkey Man

Monkey Man

Your support is not that great
Jan 30, 2005
3,157
Neither here nor there
BensGrandad said:
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 give him that tag as the first £1m player. I know Spurs did it with Jimmy Greaves paid £99.999 to avoid the first £100k tag.
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I think you're right, it's just that Cloughie's plan didn't stop Francis being tagged as a £1m player. Because to all intents and purposes, he was.
 




shaolinpunk

shaolinpunk

[Insert witty title here]
Nov 28, 2005
7,187
Brighton
Wiki:
While recognised as the first million pound player,[4] the actual transfer fee for the player was £1,150,000, including 15% commission to the Football League. There is a myth that the fee was £999,999—£1 short of the million mark—as Brian Clough wanted to ensure this milestone did not go to the player's head, although Trevor Francis says it was a tongue-in-cheek remark by Brian Clough.[5] With taxes, the total fee exceeded £1.1m.
 




Gregory2Smith1

Gregory2Smith1

J'les aurai!
Sep 21, 2011
5,476
Auch
anyone remember Steve Daley? I think he was the first 500,000 player transfered to Man City from Wolves
 




vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,886
murciagull said:
Good job FFP wasn't about then
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How much would any club pay for a player who can score the goal that wins the European Cup now I wonder ?
 


Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,953
Living In a Box
Gregory2 said:
anyone remember Steve Daley? I think he was the first 500,000 player transfered to Man City from Wolves
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Yes I do and I sure I read somewhere he was a store manager in BHS or something similar now.
 


















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BensGrandad

New member
Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
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.
 










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