Due to the riches of the Premier League, those in the top-flight continually set new benchmarks year on year.
As a result, the price for new players inflates as clubs desperately try to keep their assets.
But what would each club in League One have paid in today’s market for their record signings?
Thanks to the estimated transfer values displayed by soccerbase.com and transfermarkt.com, alongside sbnation’s inflation calculator, we’ve run the numbers. – here’s what we found out.
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1. Byron Harrison - AFC Wimbledon (24th) - £62k
Signed: 2012-13 Transfer fee: £25k Picture: Pete Norton/Getty Images
Photo: Pete Norton
2. Jermaine McGlashan - Cheltenham Town (23rd) - £125k
Signed: 12-13 Transfer fee: £50k Picture: Pete Norton/Getty Images
Photo: Pete Norton
3. Ollie Norburn - Shrewsbury (22nd) - £250k
Signed: 18-19 Transfer fee: £170k Picture: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images
Photo: Catherine Ivill
4. Tony Battersby - Lincoln City (21st) - £300k
Signed: 98-99 Transfer fee: £75k Picture:: Peter Norton /Allsport
Photo: Pete Norton