In the last decade, football has become a commodity business where money plays a role by the life of a game and competition. One of the most obvious indication is the amount of money involved in the transfer of a player from one club to another club.
Transfer of players is not always valued in money
Cristiano Ronaldo still holds the record for most expensive player when Real Madrid bought from Manchester United with a fantastic price: 80 million pounds or the equivalent of U.S. $ 132 million!
Besides, Ronaldo is also a footballer who has the highest salary for a fee of nearly 11 million pounds per year!
However, if traced back, in football, player transfers were not always valued in money.Here are ten transfer value that can be fairly unique and 'odd':
10. Tony Cascarino
From: Crokenhill to Gillingham, 1982
Transfer: A set of exercises
Rumors are circulating about the future of the Republic of Ireland national team players are always mentioned that he paid the price of one piece of zinc metal, but Cascarino own claim if Gillingham pay with 'some exercise equipment, sports wear and stuff like that'.
9. Gary Pallister
From: Billingham Town to Middlesbrough, 1984
Transfer: A set of sports clothes, a bag of balls and goal nets
Pallister is okay achievements with Manchester United, but his first step into the world of football was not too glamorous when she emigrated from Billingham to the local teams are more 'big': Middlesbrough at the age of 19 years. The values given Boro seemed just what scattered around the tent camp practice at the time. United then buy it with the transfer of a record for a defender at the time, which amounted to 2.3 million pounds in 1989.
8. Kenneth Kristensen
From: Vindbjart to Floey, 2002
Transfer: fresh shrimp worth his weight
Attackers this one makes a breakthrough in the Norwegian League third division by scoring many goals in almost every game - things that interest from Floey. That looks odd is probably as much fresh shrimp bandrolnya the weight Kristensen. The amount is measured by the scales-style boxing match.
7. Knight Of Exposure
From: Rushall Olympic to Fulham, 1999
Transfer: 30 pieces of sports clothing
Defender who packed two caps for England to pull out of this non-league club to Fulham, it is technically a free transfer. Fulham chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed had no obligation to give anything in Rushall, but as an expression of good will he sends 30 pieces of sports wear.
6. Ernie Blenkinsop
From: Cudworth to Hull City, 1921
Transfer: £ 100 plus a barrel of beer
Blenkinsop is a left back who has decent caps for England that is as much as 26 times, even bearing the armband in a few matches. But the initial move from home to Hull club is quite simple: the amount of money and a barrel of beer to please a former teammate.
5. Ian Wright
From: Greenwich Borough to Crystal Palace, 1985
Transfer: A set of weights
Ian Wright, who later became penggawa England and one of the most goals record holder at Arsenal, it seems destined to become a plasterer. But his life changed when the Palace manager, Steve Coppell watched his performance with Greenwich Borough. His promise to move to Palace exchanged with a set of weights, and six years later he headed Arsenal goal thanks to the incision 117.
4. John Barnes
From: Sudbury Court to Watford, 1981
Transfer: A set of sports wear
Players who later became the mainstay of England winger and Liverpool legend was still 17 years old at the time defended the Sudbury Court, and manager Graham Taylor gave him a chance of selection in Watford reserve team. Barnes impressed with the performance, a set of sports clothes were sent to the Sudbury Watford. Five years later, the Liverpool dressing sending 900,000 pounds to Watford for memboyongnya.
3. Marius Cioara
From: UT Arad to Regal Hornia, 2006
Transfer: 15 pounds of pork sausage
Romanian defender was exchanged with 15 pounds of pork sausage, but he decided to retire one day later and his new club, Regal Hornia sausage also asked them back.After that day, Cioara leave football and chose to work in Spanish agriculture and said that the moment is 'an insult'. Not quite up there, his former club to reclaim fees they already spend - worth one-day dinner for the team.
2. Radu Ion
From: Jiul Petrosani to Valcea, 1998
Transfer: 2 tons of meat
Jiul Petrosani gelandangnya decided to sell it for two tonnes of beef and pork.President of the club stated: "We will sell this meat, then pay all the salaries of other players."
1. Liviu Baicea
From: Jiul Petrosani to UT Arad, 1999
Transfer: 10 pieces of a soccer ball
Jiul Petrosani and other Romanian club UT Arad seems to have a unique habit of doing a deal. After selling Radu to two tons of meat - also sold defender Liviu Jiul Baicea a price of ten football.
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