Trevor Francis, Britain's first £1 million footballer, has died at the age of 69 from a heart attack, a family spokesperson announced on Monday. | Sport24news
Forest shattered the British transfer record when they paid 1.15 million for him in 1979, although manager Brian Clough famously claimed the fee was 999,999 to take pressure off the player.Francis missed the European Cup win over Hamburg a year later through injury and joined Manchester City in 1981.
Spells at Sampdoria, where he won the Coppa Italia, Atalanta, Rangers and QPR, where he was player-manager, followed. He moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 1990 before he replaced Ron Atkinson as manager, taking them to the finals of the FA Cup and League Cup in 1993, losing both times to Arsenal.Francis spent half a year in Spain and the rest near Birmingham. He suffered a heart attack 11 years ago and had kept himself fit with daily power walks.
He had an annual health check through the League Managers' Association and, according to his spokesman, was"enjoying life very much having eventually got over the death of his wife".Former Forest team-mate Peter Shilton was among the first to pay tribute. The former England goalkeeper tweeted:"I'm absolutely devastated to hear about my old teammate Trevor Francis such a wonderful gentleman a friend and a terrible loss."A tweet from Birmingham City read:"Trevor will forever be revered as a giant of the club, the player everyone wanted to see."In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust.
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