The Chase

[BensGrandad]

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.

 

[ManxSeagull]

I always thought that Trevor Francis was publicised as the first million pound transfer

 

[Cappers]

I always thought that Trevor Francis was publicised as the first million pound transfer

This, if my memory serves me, first million pound player

 

[kevtherev]

Clough offered £999,999...Peter Taylor chucked in the quid..Making it a million.

 

[Monkey Man]

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.

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]

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.

 

[murciagull]

Good job FFP wasn't about then

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

anyone remember Steve Daley? I think he was the first 500,000 player transfered to Man City from Wolves

 

[vegster]

Good job FFP wasn't about then

How much would any club pay for a player who can score the goal that wins the European Cup now I wonder ?

 

[Beach Hut]

anyone remember Steve Daley? I think he was the first 500,000 player transfered to Man City from Wolves

Yes I do and I sure I read somewhere he was a store manager in BHS or something similar now.

 

[BensGrandad]

anyone remember Steve Daley? I think he was the first 500,000 player transfered to Man City from Wolves

I thought that he was a lot more than that about £1.5m but I could be wrong.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

I thought that he was a lot more than that about £1.5m but I could be wrong.

could well be right,I seem to recall it didn't really work out for him either and he moved on for alot lower fee

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

http://observer.theguardian.com/osm/story/0,6903,543912,00.html

the 10 biggest wastes of money in football up until 2001

 

[BensGrandad]

I just read that and was trying to find out how to copy and post it but you beat me to it.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

I always thought that Trevor Francis was publicised as the first million pound transfer

Correct...

 

[Driver8]

http://observer.theguardian.com/osm/story/0,6903,543912,00.html

the 10 biggest wastes of money in football up until 2001

Gary Birtles to Man Utd for £1.25m? I thought he was part of the Peter Ward/Andy Ritchie three way transfer, I didn't remember any money changing hands.

 

[BensGrandad]

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.

 

[HovaGirl]

I thought it was Gary Pallister of Middlesbrough and Man U?

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I got an audition for The Chase - and failed it!

 

[mune ni kamome]

Francis was a bit of a flop too wasn't he.