Q 01/05

Which country has required a buyout clause in every professional footballer's contract since 1985?

A) Italy

B) Spain

C) Germany

D) Portugal

Answer · why

B) Spain

Spain treats a footballer like any other worker who may buy out his contract, which is why Neymar's €222 million clause could simply be paid in full.

Q 02/05

Which Southampton signing of 1996 got a contract after a phone call claimed he was George Weah's cousin?

A) Ali Dia

B) Ibrahima Bakayoko

C) Daniel Amokachi

D) Tony Yeboah

Answer · why

A) Ali Dia

Ali Dia came on as a substitute in a league game and was substituted himself after 53 minutes, the whole of his Southampton career on a one-month cont...

Q 03/05

Which forward became Britain's first £1 million player when Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest signed him in 1979?

A) Kevin Keegan

B) Steve Daley

C) Trevor Francis

D) Andy Gray

Answer · why

C) Trevor Francis

Trevor Francis repaid the fee within months by scoring the winner in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö, and Clough unveiled him while dressed ...

Q 04/05

Leeds rang Manchester United about Denis Irwin in 1992 and ended up selling which forward for about £1 million?

A) Gordon Strachan

B) Lee Chapman

C) Gary Speed

D) Eric Cantona

Answer · why

D) Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona moved on 26 November 1992, months after helping Leeds win the last old First Division title; chairman Bill Fotherby's call had found Irwi...

Q 05/05

Which England centre-back crossed north London on a free transfer from Tottenham to Arsenal in 2001?

A) Sol Campbell

B) Ledley King

C) Gareth Southgate

D) Jonathan Woodgate

Answer · why

A) Sol Campbell

Sol Campbell won two league titles and three FA Cups at Arsenal, including the unbeaten Invincibles season, and remains a hate figure to Spurs support...