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Article: [pounds sterling]300.5m THAT'S THE BENCHMARK IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THESE DAYS ... Dear me: Gordon (left) cost [pounds sterling]9m but was a sub alongside Liam Miller and Ian Harte Picture: GETTY IMAGES.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2007
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Byline: TIM NICHOLS
THE most expensive goalkeeper in Britain found himself warming the benchat the weekend as the staggering wealth of Premier League clubs was broughtinto focus.
Sunderland's [pounds sterling]9million Scotland international Craig Gordon was named among thesubstitutes for the game against Derby, while the combined cost of Chelsea'sreplacements for the visit of West Ham reached a huge [pounds sterling]67.6m.
All told, players who cost their clubs a total of [pounds sterling]300.5m in feesincluding 58 internationalswere on the bench in the weekend's 10 top-flight games.
And those figures do not take into account Bosman ...