10 most bizarre football transfer fees ever paid

5. Gary Pallister

Pallister is best-known for his stint with Manchester United, where he won 4 Premier League titles, 3 FA Cups, 1 League Cup, 5 Charity Shields, 1 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, and 1 UEFA Super Cup.

However, his career did have more humble beginnings, as he moved from Billingham to Middlesbrough for nothing more than some kits, a ball and a goal net, presumably things that Middlesbrough wanted to dispose of anyway.

Things however changed for Pallister soon, as Manchester United snapped him up for £2.3 million in 1989, which at the time became the British record for the highest fees paid for a defender. A good deal for Middlesbrough, then!