Special for the Armenian Weekly Trevor Francis,a former England International soccer player made headlines in February 1979 by fitting the first ₤1 million player. The English media went to town with coverage of his transfer to Nottingham Forest for a then record fee. The previous record was less than half a million pounds and therefore the fresh record attracted plenty of commentary. It turned out that Francis was worth every penny of that fee. His goal in the European Cup final of the same season secured the title for Forest and ensured his name was written into club lore and the annals of history. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Photo: mufc-pics.blogspot.com) Adjusted for inflation, the transfer fee would still only be approximately ₤5.3 million ($6.6 million USD) in the 2017 market. As a point of reference, and the most expensive player transfers in recent times absorb been Cristiano Ronaldo (₤80 million) and Gareth Bale (₤85.3 million). That was until Paul Pogba surpassed those price tags with an ₤89.7 million transfer from Juventus to Manchester United in July 2016,approximately $116 million. Although a publicly traded company, United’s US co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer would absorb been thankful for a weak British pound [...]
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