Blues & Transfer records (2 replies)

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Before Neymar, the transfer record had more than doubled only twice. In 1903, Small Heath (now Birmingham ) splurged £500 on the Barnsley inside-forward Benny Green, quintupling a decade-old record that had stood since Aston Villa had broken the three-figure barrier to acquire the Scottish forward Willie Groves from West Bromwich. In 1932, River Plate signed the barrel-chested centre-forward Bernabé Ferreyra from Tigre for £23,000, obliterating the mark set four years earlier when Arsenal had bought the inside-forward David Jack from Bolton for £10,890 and taking the record outside of Britain for the first time. Green’s record stood for barely nine months but Ferreyra was the most expensive player in the world for 17 years. Neymar’s record could conceivably stand as long.

I did not know this.
Up there with River Plate and PSG. I can accept that.