Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million in July 1994?
1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season and vacated the manager's seat to make way for 36-year-old player-coach Gary Megson. Megson in turn quit after failing save Norwich from the drop. The man selected by chairman Robert Chase to revert Norwich's declining fortunes was Martin O'Neill, who had just taken Wycombe Wanderers to the brink of the Division Two play-offs in only their second season in the Football League. "Norwich City's score comes first" 1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season During the 1994–95 English football season, Norwich City competed in the Premier League. Despite losing striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers before the start of the season in
Chris Sutton was being linked with some of the biggest clubs in the country, including Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal and Manchester United. Sutton became the most expensive player in English football in July 1994, when he was transferred from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. In his first season at Ewood Park he developed a strong partnership (known as 'SAS') with Alan Shearer (who scored 34 times that season) and scored fifteen Premier League goals to help secure the club's first league title since 1914. A succession of injuries, combined with a loss of form, saw him make just 13 Premier