27 Jul 2015 20:54:25
A bit of fun.
Without looking it up (you'll only be cheating yourself!!), who was our first £1m player purchase?
27 Jul 2015 21:38:49
At a guess gary gillespie?
27 Jul 2015 21:39:46
For liverpool? I'll go early 90s late 80s and say. not got a clue !
Redknapp?!
27 Jul 2015 22:00:52
No idea! I know John Barnes was about £900,000 ish. So it has to be someone around that time.
27 Jul 2015 22:02:18
Peter Beardsley?
27 Jul 2015 22:02:43
Hmmmm Beardsly?
27 Jul 2015 22:09:36
In the English game ,Trevor Francis .in the world not sure but I would guess Real Madrid might be the team to pay it
27 Jul 2015 22:10:33
Beardo?
27 Jul 2015 22:10:34
Beardsley ?
27 Jul 2015 22:12:03
I guessed Barnes, but upon checking, that isn't right.
27 Jul 2015 22:19:55
It's a bit before my time unfortunately but I do love these questions and know after we sold Ian rush that Peter Beardsley cost a bit not sure how much but I would say he was over a million so he shall be my guess!
27 Jul 2015 22:21:30
Actually just after I typed it could be Barnes they came the same summer so if he was first he could also have been more than a mill
27 Jul 2015 22:31:27
I was thinking Dean Saunders but that was in to the nineties so it wasn't him. I think that was 3.5 anyway.
Was it Rush on his return from Italy?
27 Jul 2015 22:41:08
think beardo was 1.1 or 1.7 not sure think Kenny brought about five in that summer maybe houghton
27 Jul 2015 22:48:04
Peter Beardsley mate £1.1m
Barry inLouth
27 Jul 2015 22:57:39
I'll go for Ian Rush when we re-signed him from Juve
27 Jul 2015 23:00:14
Why Souness turned against Beardsley I will never know,what a little magician.
Barry inLouth
28 Jul 2015 01:52:06
As good old Ed 02 says, let's not get into finances. It only confuses us :)
28 Jul 2015 08:33:40
Trevor Francis to Notts Forrest
28 Jul 2015 09:21:49
If you look it up Cloughie never paid 1 million for Francis he insisted on it being a penny under as he thought a million was ridiculous lol typical Cloughie, don't think he wanted to be the first to actually pay it due to his working class roots
28 Jul 2015 09:33:52
Well done to the Beardo replies, he not only exceeded £1m but almost hit £2m at £1.9m.
That same summer, Barnes cost £900k - what a bargain!!
28 Jul 2015 11:28:23
It was Beardsley.