What the world was like in 2005 when Newcastle last paid a club-record fee
Newcastle paid Real Madrid £16million for Michael Owen 13-and-a-half years ago.
It has taken almost 14 years but Newcastle have finally broken their transfer record with the signing of midfielder Miguel Almiron from MLS side Atlanta United.
The Paraguay international, 24, moves to St James’ Park in a deal reported to be worth £20million, exceeding the £16million fee they paid Real Madrid for Michael Owen in August 2005.
Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at what the world was like when Newcastle last paid a club-record fee.
Football
Greece were European champions, Sven-Goran Eriksson was England manager, the new Wembley was still under construction, Zinedine Zidane (£45.6million) was the world’s most expensive player and Harry Kane was 12 years old.
Politics
Social Media
Twitter was still being created and was not launched until March 2006. Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world at the time and Bebo (remember that?) had only just been launched. Facebook and YouTube were only 18 months old.
Music
Technology
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