For the record Gareth Bale is NOT the only Welsh player....

People need to realise that Gareth Bale is NOT the only Welsh Player to break the world record transfer fee. In 1938 Merthyr boy Bryn Jones was brought by Arsenal for a then World record fee of £14,500!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn_Jones ... _born_1912)

Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_foot ... fer_record does not include Bryn Jones but it does show Trevor Ford

Year Player Selling Club Buying Club Fee (£)
1893 Scotland Willie Groves England West Bromwich Albion England Aston Villa 100
1904 Scotland Andy McCombie England Sunderland England Newcastle United 700
1905 England Alf Common England Sunderland England Middlesbrough 1,000
1913 England George Lillycrop England Barnsley England Bolton Wanderers 1,300
1913 England George Utley England Barnsley England Sheffield United 2,000
1914 England Percy Dawson Scotland Heart of Midlothian England Blackburn Rovers 2,500
1922 England Syd Puddefoot England West Ham United Scotland Falkirk 5,000
1922 England Warney Cresswell England South Shields England Sunderland 5,500
1925 England Bob Kelly England Burnley England Sunderland 6,500
1928 England David Jack England Bolton Wanderers England Arsenal 10,890
1932 Argentina Bernabé Ferreyra Argentina Tigre Argentina River Plate 23,000
1949 England Johnny Morris England Manchester United England Derby County 24,000
1949 England Eddie Quigley England Sheffield Wednesday England Preston North End 26,500
1950 Wales Trevor Ford England Aston Villa England Sunderland 30,000
1951 England Jackie Sewell England Notts County England Sheffield Wednesday 34,500
1952 Sweden Hans Jeppson Italy Atalanta Italy Napoli 52,000
1954 Uruguay Juan Schiaffino Uruguay Peñarol Italy Milan 72,000
1957 Argentina Enrique Omar Sivori Argentina River Plate Italy Juventus 93,000
1961 Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona Italy Internazionale 152,000
1963 Italy Angelo Sormani Italy Mantova Italy Roma 250,000
1967 Denmark Harald Nielsen Italy Bologna Italy Internazionale 300,000
1968 Italy Pietro Anastasi Italy Varese Italy Juventus 500,000
1973 Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax Spain Barcelona 922,000
1975 Italy Giuseppe Savoldi Italy Bologna Italy Napoli 1,200,000
1976 Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Vicenza Italy Juventus 1,750,000
1982 Argentina Diego Maradona Argentina Boca Juniors Spain Barcelona 3,000,000
1984 Argentina Diego Maradona Spain Barcelona Italy Napoli 5,000,000
1987 Netherlands Ruud Gullit Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Italy Milan 6,000,000
1990 Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Fiorentina Italy Juventus 8,000,000
1992 France Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille Italy Milan 10,000,000
1992 Italy Gianluca Vialli Italy Sampdoria Italy Juventus 12,000,000
1992 Italy Gianluigi Lentini Italy Torino Italy Milan 13,000,000
1996 England Alan Shearer England Blackburn Rovers England Newcastle United 15,000,000
1997 Brazil Ronaldo Spain Barcelona Italy Internazionale 19,500,000
1998 Brazil Denílson Brazil São Paulo Spain Real Betis 21,500,000
1999 Italy Christian Vieri Italy Lazio Italy Internazionale 32,000,000
2000 Argentina Hernán Crespo Italy Parma Italy Lazio 35,500,000
2000 Portugal Luís Figo Spain Barcelona Spain Real Madrid 37,000,000
2001 France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus Spain Real Madrid 46,600,000
2009 Brazil Kaká Italy Milan Spain Real Madrid 56,000,000
2009 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United Spain Real Madrid 80,000,000
2013 Wales Gareth Bale England Tottenham Hotspur Spain Real Madrid 85,300,000