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[mat]

A very selective use of transfer fees to try and make a point. Between buying Robson and Cole, Utd spent more than the Robson fee but significantly less than the Cole fee on Parker, Pallister and Keane - all signed from British clubs, which I believe is the point of the post (Hughes was signed back from Barca for £1.8m, a profit of half a million on the fee received from Barca 2 years earlier). Roy Keane was actually bought for £3.75m, a huge fee at the time, and record between British clubs, which Blackburn had already agreed to pay so Utd matched to secure the deal. Interestingly enough the press were full of how Blackburns money was going to ruin football back then - the game's still here tho ;-)

It may give some context to remember City werent averse to flashing the cash back then either. In the early 90s you spent more than the Robson fee, referred to by the postwriter, on Alan Kernaghan, David Rocastle, Keith Curle and Terry Phelan - the latter 3 costing £2m+ each. In fact both Keith Curle and Terry Phelan were more expensive than either Parker or Pallister.

 

[royle]

The full list is on wiki,city have broken the transfer record 2 times compared to uniteds 5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progression_of_British_football_transfer_fee_record

Ronaldo set the precedent for the large fee's we have now.80 million,now clubs are asking 30+ for average players,and United and fergie only have themselves to blame for that one.

 

[sw4blue]

Didn't City break the domestic record when we signed Denis Law from Huddersfield? £52,000?

 

[bluebanana83]

A very selective use of transfer fees to try and make a point. Between buying Robson and Cole, Utd spent more than the Robson fee but significantly less than the Cole fee on Parker, Pallister and Keane - all signed from British clubs, which I believe is the point of the post (Hughes was signed back from Barca for £1.8m, a profit of half a million on the fee received from Barca 2 years earlier). Roy Keane was actually bought for £3.75m, a huge fee at the time, and record between British clubs, which Blackburn had already agreed to pay so Utd matched to secure the deal. Interestingly enough the press were full of how Blackburns money was going to ruin football back then - the game's still here tho ;-)

It may give some context to remember City werent averse to flashing the cash back then either. In the early 90s you spent more than the Robson fee, referred to by the postwriter, on Alan Kernaghan, David Rocastle, Keith Curle and Terry Phelan - the latter 3 costing £2m+ each. In fact both Keith Curle and Terry Phelan were more expensive than either Parker or Pallister.

Incorrect. Kernaghan was £1.4m so was not more than Robson, although very overpiced. Rocastle was a straight swap for White, mooted at about £1/1.5m. Rocastle left after only 20 odd games to Chelsea for around the same price. I know we were bad with money but we would
not throw away £1m in less than a year on a player back then, when a £1 was a significant amount. Curle and Phelan were both over £2m though.

 

[JM Mcr]

It may give some context to remember City werent averse to flashing the cash back then either. In the early 90s you spent more than the Robson fee, referred to by the postwriter, on Alan Kernaghan, David Rocastle, Keith Curle and Terry Phelan - the latter 3 costing £2m+ each. In fact both Keith Curle and Terry Phelan were more expensive than either Parker or Pallister.

Incorrect. Kernaghan was £1.4m so was not more than Robson, although very overpiced. Rocastle was a straight swap for White, mooted at about £1/1.5m. Rocastle left after only 20 odd games to Chelsea for around the same price. I know we were bad with money but we would
not throw away £1m in less than a year on a player back then, when a £1 was a significant amount. Curle and Phelan were both over £2m though.

Tho I can remember both Utd & City spending big in the early 90s I can't remember exact fees. Scanned the net and my above statement is based on figures recorded on Soccerbase. My apologies if they're wrong tho seem about right to me...

 

[JM Mcr]

It may give some context to remember City werent averse to flashing the cash back then either. In the early 90s you spent more than the Robson fee, referred to by the postwriter, on Alan Kernaghan, David Rocastle, Keith Curle and Terry Phelan - the latter 3 costing £2m+ each. In fact both Keith Curle and Terry Phelan were more expensive than either Parker or Pallister.

Incorrect. Kernaghan was £1.4m so was not more than Robson, although very overpiced. Rocastle was a straight swap for White, mooted at about £1/1.5m. Rocastle left after only 20 odd games to Chelsea for around the same price. I know we were bad with money but we would
not throw away £1m in less than a year on a player back then, when a £1 was a significant amount. Curle and Phelan were both over £2m though.

Tho I can remember both Utd & City spending big in the early 90s I can't remember exact fees. Scanned the net and my above statement is based on figures recorded on Soccerbase. My apologies if they're wrong tho seem about right to me...

Just checked on transferleague.co.uk and they're also quoting Kernaghan fee as £1.6m and Rocastle's as £2m so guess I'll stand by my original statement...

Whilst checking on there I noticed Kinkladze only cost half a mil more than Gerry Creaney - absolute steal!!

 

[Pam]

Fergie has been getting away with being a clown for years now. He says what he wants and most of what he says is total shit.

 

[bluebanana83]

Incorrect. Kernaghan was £1.4m so was not more than Robson, although very overpiced. Rocastle was a straight swap for White, mooted at about £1/1.5m. Rocastle left after only 20 odd games to Chelsea for around the same price. I know we were bad with money but we would
not throw away £1m in less than a year on a player back then, when a £1 was a significant amount. Curle and Phelan were both over £2m though.

Tho I can remember both Utd & City spending big in the early 90s I can't remember exact fees. Scanned the net and my above statement is based on figures recorded on Soccerbase. My apologies if they're wrong tho seem about right to me...

Just checked on transferleague.co.uk and they're also quoting Kernaghan fee as £1.6m and Rocastle's as £2m so guess I'll stand by my original statement...

Whilst checking on there I noticed Kinkladze only cost half a mil more than Gerry Creaney - absolute steal!!

I'm standing by Rocastle was £1.2m swap for White as Gary James says so in his book Manchester City - The Complete Record. Gary James is never wrong. lol.

Kernaghan may have been £1.6m but i'm sure I remember it as £1.4m, and Summerbee was £1.5m the following season. Kinkladze was £2m if I remember, and Creaney was £1m plus Walsh or something bloody bonkers like that.

 

[BlueMo']

27m for Anderson, Ha ha ha

 

[Skip Donoghue]

Curle and Phealan were £2.5million each and at the time that was the record fee for a defender