It was 38 years ago – 9 February, 1979 – when Trevor Francis became Britain’s first £1m footballer, four years after Italian Giuseppe Savoldi became the first player in the world to cost as much. So who will become the first £100m player? In recent years Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m), Gareth Bale (£86m) and Paul Pogba (£89m) have come close and here, talkSPORT looks at the candidates, beginning with Hazard. He cost Chelsea £32m in 2012 and if the player wants to leave then a club will have to pay big for him. Real Madrid could easily afford the Belgian, and Hazard and Zinedine Zidane have traded compliments in the past, while PSG are capable of coughing up, too.
The first £100m footballer – who will it be? Here are eight contenders to break the transfer fee world record
