IT IS TWENTY FIVE YEARS SINCE ALAN SHEARER JOINED BLACKBURN ROVERS FOR PEANUTS.

Today it has been 25, twenty five years since Alan Shearer joined Blackburn Rovers from Southampton. The price paid by Blackburn Rovers for Alan Shearer was 3.6 a little over three million pounds. Mind you he was a striker and English record at that time, can you believe it. Today Manchester City have spent 35, thirty five million pounds for Ederson , he is now the worlds costliest goalkeeper breaking Gianluigi Buffon's price record. Manchester City have spent 54, fifty four million pounds on Kyle Walker a defender . Soon some banks will go bankrupt for sure , as they may not be able to spend big. Sir Trevor Francis was the first footballer to cost a million pounds. Nigel Martin became the first goalkeeper to cost one as well as two million pounds.