RAs the transfer window is near closing
(Monday 2nd Feb at 23.00); the busiest clubs in the
Premier League have been Swansea and Crystal Palace with four gains.
Wilfred Bony going from the Swans to Manchester City has been the
most expensive trade at £28m.
The busiest club, so far, has been
Crawley Town signing 9 players. Most trades in January have been on
loan, free or undisclosed.
Kyle Naughton to Swansea at £5m,
Yanga-Mbiwa from Newcastle to Roma £5.5, Paulista from Villareal to
Arsenal £11.2m are the more expensive moves in January.
The first football transfer took place
in 1905 when Alf Common was sold by Sunderland to Middlesborough-it
was regarded as “professionalism gone mad”.
By 1928, the famed Bolton Wanderer, David Jack, went to Arsenal for £10,000 joining a club that was to have a very successful series of Championship and Cup wins in the late 1920s and 30s.
Dennis Law became the first British player to be transferred for six figures when he went from Manchester United from Torino in August 1962 for £116,000. In 1979, Brian Clough signed Trevor Francis from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest for £1million, actually just over, including tax. Forest were the top club in the Football League at the time and indeed in Europe. Clough did the deal in his tracksuit with a squash racket in his hand, hoping to get a game in after all the publicity died down.
Between 1968 and 1999, John Burridge, a goalkeeper with longevity, played for 28 different clubs, ranging from Manchester City, Aberdeen and Witton Albion.
By 1928, the famed Bolton Wanderer, David Jack, went to Arsenal for £10,000 joining a club that was to have a very successful series of Championship and Cup wins in the late 1920s and 30s.
Dennis Law became the first British player to be transferred for six figures when he went from Manchester United from Torino in August 1962 for £116,000. In 1979, Brian Clough signed Trevor Francis from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest for £1million, actually just over, including tax. Forest were the top club in the Football League at the time and indeed in Europe. Clough did the deal in his tracksuit with a squash racket in his hand, hoping to get a game in after all the publicity died down.
Between 1968 and 1999, John Burridge, a goalkeeper with longevity, played for 28 different clubs, ranging from Manchester City, Aberdeen and Witton Albion.
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