Manchester City broke the Premier League transfer record this summer when they signed Jack Grealish for £100m as their new No.10.
While Chelsea shelled out £97.5m to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge, with Manchester United paying £72m for long-term target Jadon Sancho.
But currency has not always been the negotiating point between clubs, with some taking different tactics to get transfers over the line.
So Daily Star Sport has taken a look through the archives to find the weirdest deals brokered between clubs to secure footballing talents… Before this Dutch goalscorer became a Premier League star with Fulham, he started his career with FC Twente.They had to lure him as a kid from DES Nijverdal - and they used a set of.
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