How much can the market price of a footballer jump in less than a year? In short – by many, many millions of euros. Specifically, this question is answered in the following chapters, in which you will find six fighters whose value has increased the most since July 1, 2021, specifically by at least 40 million euros. The data comes from the TransferMarkt portal.
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4-6 Cole Palmer (Chelsea) – plus €40 million
You won’t find a better young player in the English Premier League at the moment than 21-year-old Cole Palmer. In Manchester City, they may be scratching their heads now that the super-talented fighter, who went through the academy there, was sold to Chelsea last September, even though they collected 47 million euros for him. Now, according to the TransferMarkt portal, his price is almost ten million higher and has increased by 40 million euros since July 2023. And it looks like it will continue to grow as Palmer literally shines.
In the current year of the top English league, he scored 20 goals in 27 matches and added seven assists to them. He is one of the most dangerous offensive players in the island’s elite competition, and if not for occasional youthful indiscipline, you could say he is a thoroughly mature and well-rounded footballer. At Stamford Brodge, they know well that they have a treasure in the squad, so they have insured him until 2030.
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4th – 6th Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain) – plus €40m
“I have no idol. I say this honestly. In my childhood, I always preferred to go out and play with my friends rather than watch the matches,” said the currently 18-year-old French talent Warren Zaïre-Emery in an interview. The Paris Saint-Germain native has already made two international appearances for the Gaelic senior team. rooster and it is possible that we will see him at the European Championship in Germany in the summer.
The skilful midfielder, who can easily play in the defensive line as well, has been playing in Ligue 1 since last season. While in the 2022/23 season he came into the game more as a substitute, in the current one he already has a certain place in the starting eleven for matches in the Champions League . He is a strong player on the ball, plays well, blocks a lot of shots. He should improve in headers. Since last July, his price has jumped by exactly 40 million euros and now stands at 60 million euros according to the TransferMarkt portal. He has a contract with PSG until 2025.
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4-6 Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) – €40 million plus
Dutch star Xavi Simons has been considered an extraordinary football talent for some time now. However, the Barcelona native did not agree on a new contract with the Catalan club in 2019 and headed to Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent. However, he played only 11 matches for the French club and in 2022 he moved to the Dutch PSV Eindhoven, where his talent finally shone to the full.
In the 2022/23 season, he scored 19 goals in 34 league games, after which he earned a buy-back to PSG. However, immediately after signing the new contract, he was sent on a loan to Germany. In Leipzig, the 21-year-old offensive midfielder or forward continues his successful performances from the previous season in Holland. After 29 Bundesliga matches, he has seven goals and ten assists to his credit, and the TransferMarkt portal calculates his price at 80 million euros. It is very likely that it will jump up another piece soon.
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3. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) – plus 42 million euros
Twenty-five-year-old Viktor Gyökeres is one of the biggest stars in the Portuguese league and is leading Sporting Lisbon to the championship title. The competition’s top goalscorer is a thoroughbred sharpshooter and deadly in his post. Two years ago, when he played in the English second division Coventry, the potential that he hides in himself began to show. Sporting’s scouts estimated him very well and last summer they did not hesitate to pay 21 million euros for the player and contractually insured him until 2028.
Gyökeres, who has Hungarian blood running through his grandfather, was born in Sweden and has so far made 20 appearances for the Swedish national team, scoring six goals. Its current price is estimated by the TransferMarkt portal at 55 million euros.
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2. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) – plus 60 million euros
Jude Bellingham came from Birmingham to Dortmund for 30 million pounds in July 2020 and became the most expensive 17-year-old footballer in history. He worked in the City jersey from the age of seven. He made his first-team debut aged 16 years and 38 days, becoming the youngest player in Birmingham’s history.
He then made his debut for Borussia on September 14, 2020 in the starting line-up in a cup match against Duisburg, in which he contributed one goal to a 5-0 win and became the club’s youngest ever goalscorer in all competitions. Five days later, he made his debut in the Bundesliga and immediately added an assist to the statistics.
Bellingham is extremely strong on the ball, but also honest defensively. A player who has come through all England youth caps, he is a huge talent and a promise for the future.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea were interested in the last winter transfer window, while Real Madrid and Manchester United fought for his signature in the summer. In the end, the 20-year-old English representative was acquired by the White Ballet for 103 million euros, and he very quickly proved that it was not wasted money, but a great investment. Acclaimed football journalist Fabrizio Romano already noted in August that Jude Bellingham is “the best signing of the year”. In 25 games in La Liga, he scored 17 goals and added four assists. TransferMarkt reports that his current market price is 180 million euros.
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1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) – plus 75 million euros
A year ago, Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to make his debut in Barcelona’s first team jersey. He was 15 years, nine months and 16 days old. At that time, the TransferMarkt portal did not even mention his market value. Today, he figures it at 75 million euros. This clearly shows how extraordinary a talent Yamal is.
In the current year, he is already on the pitch regularly, both in La Liga, where he has 31 matches, four goals and three assists, and in the Champions League, where he recorded two assists in ten matches. Yamal is an excellent dribbler with the ability to create play. He can start on the right side of the attack, but also as a midfielder. He has a signed contract with the Catalan club until 2026.
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