£8m man puts poor Royals to the sword
By John Wragg
AMAN who cost £1m won Nottingham Forest the European Cup 38 years ago. Yesterday a man who cost upwards of £8m played a huge part in keeping them from third-tier football. That’s inflation for you.
Such have been the declining fortunes of Forest since they were champions of England and the best in Europe they needed Britt Assombalonga’s goals to help keep them from trips to Fleetwood, Rochdale and Walsall next season.
The story goes that Brian Clough bought Trevor Francis from Birmingham City for £999,99...
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