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In the weeks leading up to the 2022 World Cup, Transfermarkt is conducting a market value analysis of the world’s biggest leagues – one of the first full updates took place in the Championship, during which all the market values of English second division professionals were updated. The two biggest winners are attacking all-rounder Ilias Chair of Queens Park Rangers and defender Anel Ahmedhodzic of Sheffield United, who are among the contenders for promotion to the Premier League with their clubs after successful starts to the season. US striker Josh Sargent can also increase his market value at the currently struggling Norwich City, while Canaries colleague Todd Cantwell is on the decline.
Although Watford FC are still looking for consistency after relegation, attacker Ismaïla Sarr remains the most valuable player in the league with a market value of €22m, ahead of team-mate João Pedro (€20m). Both are considered coveted in the House of Lords given their enormous potential.
The same applies to the 24-year-old Chair, whose value after three goals and six assists in 16 games for QPR has increased by 4 million to 10 million euros. Aston Villa in particular are said to have put out feelers for the Moroccan international with a view to the upcoming transfer window.
Central defender Ahmedhodzic, who joined Sheffield from Malmö FF in July for a fee of €4.5m, has so far impressed in United’s defense and has also increased his value from €6m to €10m. In addition to his defensive skills, the 23-year-old has been in the limelight with three goals this season.
Bigger clubs from Europe’s top leagues are reportedly watching his development closely. Like Chair, the Bosnian international is now in the top 10 most valuable Championship pros and is the second most valuable central defender in the league behind Manchester City loanee Taylor Harwood-Bellis (+3 to €13m). The latter performs convincingly with leaders Burnley, the strongest relegated team so far.
Top scorers Sargent and Yates on the up – Cantwell loses
Despite Norwich having just two points from their last six league games, former Bremen striker Sargent has maintained his impressive form and is joint top scorer along with Blackpool’s Jerry Yates, Blackburn’s Ben Brereton Díaz, Hull’s Óscar Estupiñán and Burnley’s Jay Rodríguez (eight goals each). .
The 22-year-old US international is hoping to feature again at next month’s World Cup in Qatar and his new market value is estimated at €12m. Yates was also up €2.3m to €3.5m after recently attracting interest from Premier League clubs Brentford and Bournemouth and reportedly getting on the radar of Glasgow Rangers.
Norwich’s Cantwell, meanwhile, continues to decline: the 24-year-old has not had a goal or assist in the first-team since the 2020/21 season, and most Premier League clubs have long lost interest in the once-coveted midfielder, whose contract expires on expires at the end of the season.
In addition to the aforementioned Harwood-Bellis, the key players at league leaders Burnley this season include Chelsea loanee Ian Maatsen (+2 to 9 million euros) and midfielder Josh Brownhill (+2 to 9 million euros) and Josh Cullen (+2 to 9 million euros). After a decent start to the season under new boss Vincent Kompany, the club are hoping for a return to the Premier League at the first attempt.
Chair & Ahmedhodzic in Top-10: The Most Valuable Players of the Championship
Squad Stats: Burnley surpasses Sheffield United – Blackburn biggest winner
With an increase of 9.4 to 90.1 million euros, Burnley overtakes Sheffield United in the squad value ranking and moves up to third place for the time being. The biggest gainer is Blackburn, which rises in value by 12 million euros to 63.1 million euros and where England youth internationals Ashley Phillips (3 million euros) and Adam Wharton (2.5 million euros) receive high starting values. West Brom is the team with the biggest downgrade (-13.4m to €56.8m) – after a poor start to the season, the team around John Swift (-2.5m to €4.5m), Jed Wallace ( -1.5 to 1.5 million euros) & Co. are currently in the relegation zone.
Other players downed include Baggies team-mate Daryl Dike (-3 to €7m), Man United loanee Amad Diallo (-3 to €7m) from Sunderland and Alex Mowatt from Middlesbrough (-2 to €5m). . Euro). While US forward Dike, 22, continues to struggle with injuries, Diallo, 20, is still awaiting his breakthrough as a regular.
This is how the Transfermarkt market values work
The Transfermarkt market values are created taking into account various pricing models and a strong involvement of the Transfermarkt community, which deals with the values in detailed discussions. The transfer market market values are not to be equated with the transfer fees actually paid.
The goal is not to predict a price, but an expected value. When determining the market value, both individual transfer modalities and situational framework conditions are relevant to a certain extent. Examples of this are listed here. Transfermarkt does not use an algorithm (for detailed market value definition).
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