IF Luis Figo is worth £35 million and Leeds are prepared to pay £18 million to secure the services of Rio Ferdinand, what price Nat Lofthouse in his heyday?

That, as the Americans would say, is the 64,000 dollar question.

How do you compare today's superstars with the greats of yesteryear?

Tommy Banks and Roy Hartle were two of the most feared full-backs of their day, tough-tackling members of the Bolton Wanderers team which lifted the FA Cup in 1958 and they are as forthright in their opinions today as they were then.

Banks, for instance, reckons Wanderers would need to give Nat the town hall to keep him at Bolton in today's financial climate. "I'd got for Lofty every time!" he snaps when asked whether he'd prefer Figo in his line-up.

For his part, "Chopper" Hartle reckons, although paupers compared to today's millionaire footballers, they were happier in his day.

"We enjoyed our time together," he says, "so when people ask about the money they get today I say I enjoyed the time we played.

"That was a good time to play. We were mates on and off the field."

Still pals today - as are all the survivors of that 1958 side - Hartle and Banks have been reunited to offer their view of today's game and their memories of the past in a joint interview with local radio presenter, Mike Sadler, to be broadcast on BBC GMR on Wednesday between 7 and 10pm.