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Market values LaLiga: Vinicius Junior jumps from 20th to 1st place - €96 million minus for Atlético
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Transfermarkt.es has provided all LaLiga players with new market values and this time there are significantly more major downgrades than upgrades. Titleholders Atlético have been hit particularly hard, with their squad value going down by almost €100 million, while FC Barcelona drop below the €600 million mark. Meanwhile, Real Madrid’s squad features by far the biggest winner, moving from the bottom of the top 20 to the top of the market value rankings: Vinicius Junior.
The 21-year-old winger has made a huge step forward under Carlo Ancelotti, playing a key role in the league leaders’ success with 21 goal contributions and doubles his market value to €100 million.
Tobias Blaseio, area manager Spain, says: “He is without a doubt the player of the first half of the season. Everyone could guess his potential in recent years, and now he has taken the big step to become a difference-maker who can decide games single-handedly. His poor goal-scoring record and lack of efficiency have gone away this year. Vinicius certainly has realistic chances of moving even closer to Haaland and Mbappé in terms of market value as the season progresses.”
Vinicius, Haaland & Co. - The 100 most valuable players in the world
98 Marc-André ter Stegen - FC Barcelona - Market value: €45M
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The following players also have a market value of €45M: Amine Gouiri (Nice), Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), Diego Carlos (Sevilla), Caglar Söyüncü (Leicester), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Tomas Soucek (West Ham), Aymeric Laporte (Man City), Stefan de Vrij (Inter), Jorginho (Chelsea), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea)
98 Ferran Torres - Manchester City - Market value: €45M
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98 Memphis Depay - FC Barcelona - Market value: €45M
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95 Harry Maguire - Manchester United - Market value: €48M
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95 Franck Kessié - AC Milan - Market value: €48M
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95 Theo Hernández - AC Milan - Market value: €48M
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78 Robert Lewandowski - Bayern Munich - Market value: €50M
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78 Timo Werner - Chelsea - Market value: €50M
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78 Lucas Hernández - Bayern Munich - Market value: €50M
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78 Dani Olmo - RB Leipzig - Market value: €50M
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78 James Maddison - Leicester - Market value: €50M
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78 Ederson - Manchester City - Market value: €50M
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78 N'Golo Kanté - Chelsea - Market value: €50M
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78 Paulo Dybala - Juventus - Market value: €50M
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78 Piotr Zielinski - Napoli - Market value: €50M
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78 José María Giménez - Atlético - Market value: €50M
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78 Antoine Griezmann - Atlético - Market value: €50M
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78 Jonathan David - Lille - Market value: €50M
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78 Pau Torres - Villarreal - Market value: €50M
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78 Ferland Mendy - Real Madrid - Market value: €50M
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78 Mason Greenwood - Manchester United - Market value: €50M
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78 Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - Market value: €50M
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78 Carlos Soler - Valencia - Market value: €50M
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65 Christopher Nkunku - RB Leipzig - Market value: €55M
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65 Fabián Ruiz - Napoli - Market value: €55M
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65 Reece James - Chelsea - Market value: €55M
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65 Youri Tielemans - Leicester - Market value: €55M
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65 Marco Verratti - PSG - Market value: €55M
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65 Paul Pogba - Manchester United - Market value: €55M
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65 Jamal Musiala - Bayern Munich - Market value: €55M
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65 Dayot Upamecano - Bayern Munich - Market value: €55M
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65 Kingsley Coman - Bayern Munich - Market value: €55M
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65 Virgil van Dijk - Liverpool - Market value: €55M
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65 Eduardo Camavinga - Real Madrid - Market value: €55M
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65 David Alaba - Real Madrid - Market value: €55M
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65 Richarlison - Everton - Market value: €55M
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49 João Cancelo - Manchester City - Market value: €60M
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49 Alisson - Liverpool - Market value: €60M
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49 Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester - Market value: €60M
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49 Alessandro Bastoni - Inter - Market valueMarket value: €60M
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49 Gabriel Jesus - Manchester City - Market value: €60M
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49 Diogo Jota - Liverpool - Market value: €60M
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49 Victor Osimhen - Napoli - Market value: €60M
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49 Fabinho - Liverpool - Market value: €60M
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49 Éder Militão - Real Madrid - Market value: €60M
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49 Jules Koundé - Sevilla - Market value: €60M
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49 Lionel Messi - PSG - Market value: €60M
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49 Casemiro - Real Madrid - Market value: €60M
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49 Marcos Llorente - Atlético - Market value: €60M
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49 Ansu Fati - FC Barcelona - Market value: €60M
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49 João Félix - Atlético - Market value: €60M
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49 Jan Oblak - Atlético - Market value: €60M
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41 Raphaël Varane - Manchester United - Market value: €65M
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41 Milan Skriniar - Inter Milan - Market value: €65M
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41 Andrew Robertson - Liverpool - Market value: €65M
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41 Gianluigi Donnarumma - PSG - Market value: €65M
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41 Matthijs de Ligt - Juventus - Market value: €65M
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41 Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - Market value: €65M
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41 Federico Valverde - Real Madrid - Market value: €65M
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41 Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid - Market value: €65M
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27 Leon Goretzka - Bayern Munich - Market value: €70M
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27 Serge Gnabry - Bayern Munich - Market value: €70M
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27 Nicolò Barella - Inter - Market value: €70M
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27 Leroy Sané - Bayern Munich - Market value: €70M
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27 Sergej Milinković-Savić - Lazio - Market value: €70M
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27 Kai Havertz - Chelsea - Market value: €70M
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27 Federico Chiesa - Juventus - Market value: €70M
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27 Dušan Vlahović - Fiorentina - Market value: €70M
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27 Achraf Hakimi - PSG - Market value: €70M
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27 Rodri - Manchester City - Market value: €70M
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27 Alphonso Davies - Bayern Munich - Market value: €70M
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27 Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen - Market value: €70M
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27 Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad - Market value: €70M
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27 Frenkie de Jong - FC Barcelona - Market value: €70M
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21 Marquinhos - PSG - Market value: €75M
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21 Bernardo Silva - Manchester City - Market value: €75M
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21 Rúben Dias - Manchester City - Market value: €75M
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21 Mason Mount - Chelsea - Market value: €75M
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21 Declan Rice - West Ham - Market value: €75M
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21 Jude Bellingham - Borussia Dortmund - Market value: €75M
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15 Heung-Min Son - Tottenham - Market value: €80M
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15 Jack Grealish - Manchester City - Market value: €80M
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15 Lautaro Martínez - Inter Milan - Market value: €80M
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15 Sadio Mané - Liverpool - Market value: €80M
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15 Pedri - FC Barcelona - Market value: €80M
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15 Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool - Market value: €80M
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10 Phil Foden - Manchester City - Market value: €85M
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10 Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munich - Market value: €85M
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10 Raheem Sterling - Manchester City - Market value: €85M
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10 Marcus Rashford - Manchester United - Market value: €85M
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10 Jadon Sancho - Manchester United - Market value: €85M
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7 Neymar - PSG - Market value: €90M
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7 Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - Market value: €90M
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7 Bruno Fernandes - Manchester United - Market value: €90M
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3 Vinicius Junior - Real Madrid - Market value: €100M
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3 Romelu Lukaku - Chelsea - Market value: €100M
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3 Harry Kane - Tottenham - Market value: €100M
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3 Mohamed Salah - Liverpool - Market value: €100M
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2 Erling Haaland - Borussia Dortmund - Market value: €150M
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1 Kylian Mbappé - PSG - Market value: €160M
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In Vinicius, Los Blancos now have the most valuable LaLiga player and once again one who has cracked the 100 million mark – worldwide, only six footballers belong to this group. Real players also lead the rankings in defence and in goal now: Éder Militão increased his market value by €20 million to €60 million and is currently arguably the best centre-back in the league. The record titleholders also have the most valuable goalkeeper in Thibaut Courtois thanks to an upgrade of €5 million to €65 million, as Jan Oblak (-10 to €60 million) of Atlético and Marc-André ter Stegen (-10 to €45 million) of Barça are struggling.
Atlético with historic downgrade: 14 drops in titleholders’ squad
For the recently struggling titleholers Atlético, there are a total of 14 devaluations with zero upgrades – the bottom line is a minus in squad value of €96.6 million. Two Colchoneros are downgraded by €20 million: club icon Koke to €40 million and Marcos Llorente to €60 million.
Market value expert Blaseio says: “Llorente’s versatility is now becoming a burden, as he is used by Simeone in a wide variety of positions and can therefore hardly play to his strengths on a consistent basis. He, like the whole team, doesn’t seem stable, which also affects his market value.”
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It is a similar story with Koke, whose 30th birthday in early January also plays a role. “The transition to a more dominant and active style of play is accompanied by major problems at Atlético, and Koke is not really coming to terms with this role either. So, he will also be replaced by the competition in the Spanish national team sooner or later,” Blaseio says.
This competition includes high-flyer Gavi of FC Barcelona, for whom it now goes up again after a start market value of €25 million – this time to €40 million. “Despite his 17 years, he plays in a detached manner, as if he had done nothing else for many seasons. He brings youthful freshness, agility, tackling strength and very good match intelligence, which is unusual for his age. Gavi is about to renew his contract, in the course of which the clause of €50 million will be raised,” Blaseio knows.
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Gavi is one of the winners in the Catalans’ squad, along with Ronald Araújo (+10 to €35 million), Nico González (+8 to €20 million) and Ez Abde (+7 to €8 million), but these are offset by 19 devaluations that add up to a minus of €63.5 million. Ousmane Dembélé (-20 to €30 million) and Frenkie de Jong (-20 to €70 million) have suffered particularly hard.
About the latter, Blaseio says: “He couldn’t meet the high expectations for a long time, even a transfer is no longer excluded. The Dutchman had periods in 2020/21 when you could see the best de Jong – this season he looks drained and without much wit, so his lack of presence on the pitch inevitably has a negative impact on his market value.”
For the three days younger Dembélé, meanwhile, there is the sixth devaluation since 2019. “His path at Barcelona will probably continue despite the contract expiring in 2022, because he does not seem to be a prioritised option at other clubs. The former Dortmund player’s abilities are well known, but so is his high susceptibility to injury. With his new contract, he will have to take a huge pay cut and it will be exciting to see if he can find his old strength again under Xavi and possibly avoid injuries for a longer period of time.” Due to injury, Dembélé has only played 316 minutes in LaLiga this season.
From Koke to Vinicius - The most valuable LaLiga players
30 Koke - Atlético - new market value: €40M (- €20M)
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29 José Gayà - Valencia - new market value: €40M (+ €5M)
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28 Rodrygo - Real Madrid - new market value: €40M (+ €5M)
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27 Marco Asensio - Real Madrid - new market value: €40M (+ €5M)
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26 Arnaut Danjuma - Villarreal - new market value: €40M (+ €15M)
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25 Gavi - FC Barcelona - new market value: €40M (+ €15M)
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24 Marc-André ter Stegen - FC Barcelona - new market value: €45M (- €10M)
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23 Diego Carlos - Sevilla - market value: €45M
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22 Memphis Depay - FC Barcelona - market value: €45M
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21 José María Giménez - Atlético - new market value: €50M (- €10M)
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20 Pau Torres - Villarreal - market value: €50M
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19 Antoine Griezmann - Atlético - market value: €50M
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18 Ferland Mendy - Real Madrid - market value: €50M
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17 Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - new market value: €50M (+ €10M)
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16 Carlos Soler - Valencia - new market value: €50M (+ €10M)
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15 Eduardo Camavinga - Real Madrid - market value: €55M
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14 David Alaba - Real Madrid - market value: €55M
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13 Marcos Llorente - Atlético - new market value: €60M (- €20M)
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12 João Félix - Atlético - new market value: €60M (- €10M)
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11 Jan Oblak - Atlético - new market value: €60M (- €10M)
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10 Casemiro - Real Madrid - new market value: €60M (- €10M)
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9 Jules Koundé - Sevilla - market value: €60M
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8 Ansu Fati - FC Barcelona - market value: €60M
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7 Éder Militão - Real Madrid - new market value: €60M (+ €20M)
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6 Federico Valverde - Real Madrid - market value: €65M
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5 Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid - new market value: €65M (+ €5M)
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4 Frenkie de Jong - FC Barcelona - new market value: €70M (- €20M)
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3 Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad - market value: €70M
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2 Pedri - FC Barcelona - market value: €80M
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1 Vinicius Junior - Real Madrid - new market value: €100M (+ €50M)
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The regulars at Real Sociedad include another ex-BVB player, Mikel Merino, who is getting better every year since arriving at the club in 2018. This time, the central midfielder climbs by €10 million to a career high of €50 million. “Without him, Real Sociedad are much weaker, which has been shown when he wasn’t on the pitch. After 13 matches without defeat, the Basques lost the three following games without Merino. In the national team, he gets short stints and is playing himself more and more into the team,” says Blaseio about the Spaniard, who was allowed to leave Borussia for Newcastle for €10 million in 2017.
However, there is also a small minus for Real Sociedad in this update: a devaluation of €1.4 million. In addition to Atlético and Barça, Celta de Vigo (-€20.1 million), Sevilla (-€26 million), Granada (-€7 million) and Getafe (-€29.6 million) also saw their squad values drop significantly.
Meanwhile, Rayo Vallecano secured the biggest increase percentagewise with 14.7% – the surprise fourth-place team ranks ahead of FC Barcelona, Atlético, Valencia and Real Sociedad in the LaLiga table and is upgraded by €7.9 million to €61.5 million.
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