Travis Kelce’s dad has revealed he’s not splurging on Taylor Swift’s birthday present, explaining it’s better to spend $10 (£8) on a personal gift than trying to impress her with something expensive.

The American pop star, who turned 35 on Friday, has been dating NFL player Travis since last summer.

His dad Ed Kelce said: “You’re not going to crush Taylor Swift with a gift that costs, you know, $100,000 (£80,000).

“You’ve got to get something that tweaks the strings of her heart that you spend 10 bucks on,” he continued. “Then she’ll just be gooey. You’ve got to find something to trigger the feelings.”

Speaking on the Baskin and Phelps podcast, Ed said that “the amount of money is meaningless” when it came to buying for the singer, and buying her a present was similar to buying for his two sons. “There’s nothing they want that they don’t already have.”

Instead, he explained, “You have to look beyond that. You have to dig down and come up with something special.”

Travis Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs, while his brother Jason Kelce is a retired Philadelphia Eagles player.

Last weekend, Swift reached the end of her Eras world tour, which spanned 152 concerts over 21 months and is said to have grossed more than $2bn (£1.58bn) in ticket sales.

The singer has described the record-breaking tour as “the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far”.

At the final show on Sunday in Vancouver, Canada, fans started singing Happy Birthday to the singer.

And her birthday came one day after Swift made history as the winner of the most Billboard Music Awards.

“This is like the best early birthday present you could have given me, so thank you so much,” Swift said in a pre-recorded acceptance speech. “I love it. It’s exactly what I wanted.”

Swift took home 10 awards at Thursday’s event, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for The Tortured Poets Department.

That brings Swift’s total number of Billboard Awards won to 49, the most of any artist, surpassing Drake’s 41.

Her other wins this year included top female artist, top Hot 100 artist and top Hot 100 songwriter, awards Swift said she considered fan-voted awards because they were driven by chart data.

“You’re the ones who care about our albums and come see us in concert,” she said.

“Everything that has happened with the Eras Tour and The Tortured Poets Department, I just have to say thank you.

“It means the world to me that you’ve embraced the things I’ve done, and the fact that you’ve cared so much about my music.”

The awards show also saw wins from British stars Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Charli XCX – the latter of which won Best Dance/Electronic Artist and Album for Brat.