Trevor Francis was recognised as the first £1,000,000 player but the actual fee of the transfer was £999,999. Actually £1 short of the million pound mark. But Francis is still known as the 1 million pound player
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Trevor Francis from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest
But actually Brian Clough paid £999,999 for Francis because he did not want the £1 million tag to go to his head, but after taxes, the total came to just over £1.1 million.
Trevor francis was sold by Birmingham city to norwich for a fee of £1,000,000. He was the first £1,000,000 player
It was to Nottingham Forest (managed by Brian Clough), not Norwich and the official fee was actually £999,999 because Clough did not want the £1 million tag to get to Trevors head but after taxes the total amount came to just over £1.1 million.
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Jean Pierre Papin from Marseilles to AC Milan in 1992.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Papin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8085391.stm
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