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‘TRANSFER FEES NOW DON’T HAVE THE SAME SEXY APPEAL AS £ 1M!’

TREVOR FRANCIS ON DEAL THAT ROCKED GAME 40 YEARS AGO

By John Lyons

GOLDEN MOMENT: Trevor Francis heads the winning goal against Malmo
PICTURE: PA Images

celebrates with the European Cup

playing for Birmingham in 1971

with wife Helen and Brian Clough after making his £1m move to Forest in 1979

‘Brian Clough had that ability to be a leader of men, he had an aura Trevor Francis’
WHEN Trevor Francis became the first played to be transferred for £1m in English football, he didn’t realise the impact it would have – and still have 40 years later.
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