Progression of the British football transfer fee record lagged behind those paid by clubs in Italy, France and Spain to take British players abroad until 1995, when Manchester United paid Newcastle United £7,000,000 for Andy Cole. The fees paid by the Premier League's top clubs began to increase at a rapid rate, with Alan Shearer commanding the first £15,000,000 fee in 1996, and the new millennium heralding the first £30,000,000 transfer, although sources differ as to whether this barrier was broken by Rio Ferdinand's move to Manchester United in 2002 or Andriy Shevchenko's transfer to Chelsea four years later for some reason, however Veron' s transfer to United
Alfredo Torres Alfredo Torres Juan Alfredo Torres González (born 31 May 1931, in La Experiencia, Zapopan, Jalisco) is a Mexican football forward, who played for Mexico in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Torres began playing youth football with local side Club Imperio. He joined Club Atlas at age 16, and would spend nearly twenty years playing for the club. He also participated in the first match held at Estadio Jalisco on 31 January 1960. After he retired from playing football in 1970, Torres became a manager. He led Atlas on several occasion, helping the club gain promotion to the Primera in the