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On this day 27 April
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Arsenal sign wonderkid Cliff Bastin from Exeter
1929
On a scouting trip to Watford, Herbert Chapman notices 17-year old Cliff Bastin playing for Exeter and gains an interest in the player. After a few more scouting sessions, Chapman purchases "Boy Bastin" for £2,000 (the equivalent of £4.5m today) - highly uncommon for a teenager in 1929. Cliff "Boy" Bastin would become one of the team's star performers alongside Alex James in the dominating 1930s era, playing as a #11 in the superior WM formation.
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