Sentence examples for broken transfer from inspiring English sources

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has suggested rival clubs may have broken transfer rules by enticing defender Winston Reid to join them.

Here, we'll bring you breaking transfer news from the Premier League and the most intriguing rumours you need to know about.

It is the expectation at the club that only a world-record breaking transfer of more than £80m will be acceptable to chairman Daniel Levy who is now back in Miami on holiday having been in London briefly at the weekend.

Hardly surprising then that eight of the bottom 10 have broken their transfer record in the last two transfer windows - the only exceptions are Stoke and Sunderland.

Paris Saint-Germain have broken the transfer record in the French league by signing the Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani.

Rotherham have lost the goals of Reuben Reid to West Brom but have broken their transfer record to sign Tom Pope.

Stoke City have broken their transfer record with a €24m (£18.3m) deal for the midfielder Giannelli Imbula from Porto, who Mark Hughes described as a "big signing for us".

A week later, West Ham announced they had broken their transfer record to sign Nsereko, a Uganda-born German striker, from Brescia for a fee upwards of £9m.

The signing of Townsend means this is the second successive summer Palace have broken their transfer record, having paid £10m for Yohan Cabaye 12 months ago.

This would be the third time Spurs have broken their transfer record this summer after paying £26m for the Spanish striker Roberto Soldado and £17m for the Brazilian midfielder Paulinho.

The south coast club have broken their transfer record to sign Guido Carrillo from Monaco for £19.2m – the striker made his debut as a late substitute – and they remain hopeful of signing the Spartak Moscow forward Quincy Promes before the window closes.