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 eight of the league’s 24 clubs having played top flight football.
But how would the League One 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. (The figures are sourced from the www.transfermarkt.co.uk website as well as reliable club websites and are accurate to the best of our knowledge)
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21. Leyton Orient - £175,000
Leyton Orient paid £175,000: for Paul Beesley to Wigan Athletic in October 1989. Photo: Shaun Botterill
22. Mansfield Town - £150,000
Mansfield Town have paid a record £150,000 for three players - Lee Angol from Peterborough in 2017, Andy Cook from Walsall in 2019 and Lee Peacock to Carlisle in 1997. Photo: Eddie Keogh
23. Stevenage - £110,000
Stevenage paid £110,000 for Scott Laird in January 2008. Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos
24. Exeter City - £91,000
Exeter City bought Jayden Stockley from Aberdeen for £91,000 in the 2017/18 season. Photo: Pete Norton