10 Things (Other Than Money) Used To Purchase Footballers

2. Kenneth Kristensen - His Own Weight In Fresh Shrimp

The Transfer: Vindbjart (Norway) to Floey (Norway). The Year: 2002. The Fee: The player's weight in fresh shrimp. The Norwegian lower leagues are hardly the place for big-money transfers, but this was weird even for them, as in 2002 striker Kenneth Christensen made the move from Vindbjart to Floey in exchange for his bodyweight in shrimp. Christensen had been finding the net regularly for Vindbjart and Floey offered the bounty after measuring it out in the style of a big fight weigh-in. Remarkably, it was accepted, and Vindbjart lost their top scorer in exchange for a couple of weeks worth of seafood for their remaining squad members. Still, at least shrimp is a fairly sought-after commodity and costs quite a lot per kilo, unlike this next entry...