Some cash will most certainly be splashed but not like in days gone by.
Most clubs are unlikely to break the level of their current record signings with Bradford, MK Dons and Doncaster all having spent over £1m on players before.
Salford’s record transfer could have been paid by a personal bank loan, coming in at £7,000 for Jordan Hulme.
But how would the League Two table look if it was based only on each club’s record signing, and who would be going up and down?
Here we have the answers courtesy of the www.transfermarkt.co.uk website.
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Salford’s record transfer could have been paid by a personal bank loan, coming in at £7,000 for Jordan Hulme.
![£650,000 to sign Rodney Jack from Torquay United in August 1998.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkyMTBiZTZmLTNiMTUtNGI2MS04NGQ4LWEzODYzYjcwOTE3ODozMjEyZWYwMi05YjNhLTQwZDktYjEyOC0zYjI0YjI3YTQ2Zjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=777)
5. Crewe Alexandra - £650,000
£650,000 to sign Rodney Jack from Torquay United in August 1998.Photo: Getty
![Carl Asaba joined Gillingham from Reading at the start of the 1998/99 season.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBkYjMwYTRkLTBlYzgtNDI5NC05MzMyLTI4MmQ4M2U2MDQyNDoxMjYxMTk1Ni0yM2Q2LTRhOGMtODgwYS02N2JmMmFlMDdlYjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=693)
6. Gillingham - £600,000
Carl Asaba joined Gillingham from Reading at the start of the 1998/99 season.Photo: Gary Palmer
![Port Vale set a record when they signed Garerth Ainsworth for £500,000 from Lincoln City.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzNjk0MTA2LWQxZTYtNDQ5ZS1iMzY2LWZiNDc1YWZhZDc2YTpiYzc3NjVmZC1mMjk4LTRmNGItYjkwYi1mN2FmY2VkOTQzMDI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. Port Vale - £500,000
Port Vale set a record when they signed Garerth Ainsworth for £500,000 from Lincoln City.Photo: Richard Pelham
![Chris Coyne joined Colchester Utd from Luton for £475,000 in the 2007/08 season.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBmNWJmMjA5LTQzNTItNGZiMC1hY2E2LTUwNDRhMDQzNTI0ZjpjMmVmMjk0Yy02OTMwLTQwYjctODRkNC00YzU2YmUyODYyMTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Colchester United - £475,000
Chris Coyne joined Colchester Utd from Luton for £475,000 in the 2007/08 season.Photo: Getty Images