The German transfer market updates the value of players every once in a while, some appreciate and some depreciate. In an interview, Zhu Yi, the administrator of China, specifically analyzed how to define the value of players and unraveled this veil of mystery.
To sum it up in one sentence, the value of a player is played out, not sold through transfers.
The value is more about performance than transfer fees
Mbappe has just joined Real Madrid, because he is a free agent, Real Madrid did not pay a penny of transfer fees to Paris, but this does not affect the Frenchman after coming to Real Madrid, the value still reached 180 million euros. Throughout the 2023/24 season, Mbappe has delivered a record of 44 goals and 10 assists, which is impeccable.
For comparison, Manchester United signed Antony in the summer of 2022 for a transfer fee of 95 million euros, and his value skyrocketed from 35 million euros to 75 million; But with the Red Devils, Antony struggled, scoring 11 goals and providing five assists in 82 games, and more often than not, acting like an outsider, watching his teammates perform on the bench, and is now worth only 25 million, which is lower than when he joined Manchester United.
In addition, there has been no ball for more than 1 year, and the German transfer will clear the player's value to zero; Players over the age of 30 are difficult to increase in value.
The strikers are even more popular
There are currently 18 players worth more than 100 million euros, including 5 central strikers, 4 wingers, 4 forward midfielders, and no defender or goalkeeper. Zhu Yi explained that because the individual ability of the striker is more important when attacking, and the defense can be solved by relying on the accumulation of numbers, the value of the striker is higher.
Bellingham's situation is more unique, as a big double-double of 23 goals and 13 assists as a striker, he has become the only non-striker worth 180 million euros other than Haaland, Mbappe and Vinicius.
Players with personality problems, no matter how good their skills are, their value will not be too high. The most typical example is Mason Greenwood, who was worth 50 million euros at the age of 19, but was not only removed from the Manchester United first team because of domestic violence, but also cleared his value.
The platform is too important
It's easy to understand that players in the second league are rarely worth more than players in the top league; The main force of the giants is generally worth more than the players of small and medium-sized clubs.
Wu Lei scored 27 goals in 2018 and won the Chinese Super League Golden Boot, and then his value came to 3.5 million euros; After he came to La Liga, it rose to 5 million euros; Half a season later, he helped the Spaniards qualify for the Europa League, reaching 10 million euros, which was also his personal peak.
The national football team is currently in the third pot in Asia, so few are worth more than 500,000 euros; In Qatar, which is in the second gear, the value of players is generally more than 500,000 euros, and the gap is real and obvious.