trevor francis, the footballer who became britian s first million pound player, has died as the age of 69. the former england striker, broke the record, with his move from birmingham city to brian clough s nottingham forest in 1979. he went on to win back to back european cups with forest and played for his country 52 times. his family say he died of a heart attack at his apartment in spain this morning. saudi arabian side al hilal have reportedly made a world record bid of £259 milion for paris saint germain forward kylian mbappe. the 24 year old france captain has just a year left on his contract and has refused to sign an extension at the french champions. they want to sell him rather than let him leave for free next summer and he was left out of the preseason tour to japan.
britain s first million pound footballer, trever francis, has died at the age of 69 after suffering a heart attack in spain. the england international moved from birmingham city to nottingham forest where european glory followed. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has more. a moment of football history, arriving in nottingham forest as britain s first million pound player under the watch of manager brian clark. it was a price tag but even then, francis knew would define his career. quite excited about it but, i realise that when i got on the pitch, i ve got to forget about it and get on the plane, playing that s most important factor. if it was a remarkable transfer fee at the time, well, francis was a remarkable talent.
just the domestic but international scale as well. tributes have been made to britian s first million pound player trevor francis who s died at the age of 69. the former england striker, broke the record, with his move from birmingham city to brian clough s nottingham forest in 1979. he went on to win back to back european cups with forest and played for his country 52 times. former england captain gary lineker has described him as a wonderful footballer and lovely man. now to the women s world cup in australia and new zealand brazil had a comfortable win in their opening match, beating debutants, panama, 4 0 in adelaide. ary borges was the star of the show scoring a hatrick. the pick of the four brazillian goals though was the third, scored by bia zaneratto, but the beautiful backheel to set it up came from borges. that puts them top of group f ahead of france and jamaica who have a point a piece. germany began their world cup campaign in style with a 6 0 win in melbourne, beating
they also said that they ll continue to closely monitor the situation of the afghan team. doing what they love comes at a heavy price. the constant anxiety about the safety of family and friends back home and the loneliness of having left everything behind. these players have given up a lot for football, and they re hoping that football doesn t give up on them. set news, trevor francis, the england forward has died at the age of 69, the first footballer to be sold for £1 billion back in 1979 was a two time european cup winner for nottingham forest. arriving in 1979 is the first million pound player under the watch of manager brian clark. it was a price tag but even
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