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Harty £10,000 and a set of shirts
Both arrived on swap deals though didn't they? so no actual firm monetary valuation.
Wasn't Ritchie's some weird triangular swap deal?:
Peter Ward BHA - NF
Andy Ritchie MU - BHA
Gary Birtles(?) NF - MU
Lawro was £100k in summer of 77. Remember being shocked that the Albion were splashing that much cash at the time. Teddy Maybank arrived later that year (October, November) for £175k, I think Not sure that was exceeded until we signed Michael Robinson and Gordon Smith, both for £400k in the summer of 1980, unless we paid more for John Gregory in the summer of 1979.
All done from memory, so feel free to correct if inaccurate.
Maybank was definitely a record signing.
I thought CMS was 2.2 million rising to 3.2 in add ons which he never got to?
Harty £10,000 and a set of shirts
Mark Lawrenson £100k
Teddy Maybank £238k
John Gregory £250k
Gordon Smith £400k
Andy Ritchie £500k
It *could* be argued that Bobby Zamora should be in that at £520k, which is £100k when signed from Bristol Rovers plus 30% of the profit when we sold him to Spurs for £1.5m.
Then Will Buckley.
How much did Glenn Murray cost second time round? Was it not more than Duffy?
Mark Lawrenson £100k
Teddy Maybank £238k
John Gregory £250k
Gordon Smith £400k
Andy Ritchie £500k
It *could* be argued that Bobby Zamora should be in that at £520k, which is £100k when signed from Bristol Rovers plus 30% of the profit when we sold him to Spurs for £1.5m.
Then Will Buckley.
I thought Richie left in swap deal with Terry Connor but I thought we acquired him for £500,000. I have a distinct recollection that I had a poster on my wall in the 80s which stated our record signing was Andy Richie for £500,000 signing as
We bought Ritchie from United for £500K Peter Ward went to Forest and Gary Birtles went to United I thought both of those were also £500k so nobody paid any money out.
No. No it couldn't. We paid 100k to buy him. That had nothing to do with the sale. The other money was to do with the sale not the purchase.
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That is a clause on the sale though? Not on the aquisition.
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No. No it couldn't. We paid 100k to buy him. That had nothing to do with the sale. The other money was to do with the sale not the purchase.
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Wrong! Wardy (on the fringe of the England team) went to Forest for £400K. Gary Birtles (also on the fringes of the England team) went from Forest to United for £1,250,000, and a young forward with relatively few first team appearances came from Utd. to us for £500K. We 'lost' £100K in the deal, and Utd. lost £750K. Forest got a player as good as - or better than - the one they sold, and got paid £850K for doing it!We bought Ritchie from United for £500K Peter Ward went to Forest and Gary Birtles went to United I thought both of those were also £500k so nobody paid any money out.