197 players updated
After the first 13 match days, Transfermarkt adjusted the market values of 197 Championship professionals. Among the biggest winners are Leicester midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Sunderland striker Jack Clarke, both of whom are aiming to return to the Premier League next season. Although Dewsbury-Hall’s teammate Wilfred Ndidi is the biggest loser of the update, the league leader can maintain his place at the top of the squad value ranking with 252 million euros thanks to his strong start to the season. In an international comparison, the second division team ranks ahead of Galatasaray Istanbul and Olympique Marseille, among others (on squad value statistics).
With twelve wins from 13 games, Leicester dominates the second English league and is already 14 points ahead of third-placed Leeds (table). After the departures of James Maddison and Harvey Barnes, homegrown Dewsbury-Hall is taking on more responsibility and was able to contribute five goals and five assists in 13 league games. The 25-year-old, who was linked with Liverpool in the summer, increases his market value from €25m to €30m and could become the next England midfielder to leave the King Power Stadium for a sizeable fee. He extended his contract from 2022 to 2027.
Dewsbury-Hall is now the world’s most valuable second division professional and in terms of market value is even ahead of Champions League participants such as Felix Nmecha (BVB), Xaver Schlager (Leipzig) and Konrad Laimer (Bayern). After a lack of interest in the summer and only two appearances over 90 minutes this season, teammate Ndidi, previously the most valuable second division professional, lost 7 million euros in the update and fell to 18 million euros.
After failing to break into the first team following his €11m move from Leeds to Tottenham in 2019, Sunderland striker Clarke has revived his career in the North East. The 22-year-old, who scored nine goals Championship top scorers list was one of the main reasons for the Black Cats’ impressive start to the season and has put himself back on the radar of several Premier League clubs. With an increase of 3 million to 15 million euros, the former England youth international player achieved a new career high.
With Rutter, Gnonto & Dewsbury-Hall: Most Valuable Championship Players
Market values: Surprise team Ipswich upgraded – “Saints” biggest losers
Other winners include young talents such as Leeds United’s Archie Gray (+5.8 to 6m), Leicester’s Callum Doyle, on loan from Manchester City (+5 to 15m), and Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney (+4.5 to 7 million). Foxes goalkeeper Mads Hermansen (+3.5 to 7 million) and Hackney teammate Emmanuel Latte Lath (+3 to 4.5 million) are among the footballers whose market value is increasing due to the transfer fees paid in the summer. Several Ipswich players are also being rewarded for their achievements, with the promoted team currently in second place thanks to Nathan Broadhead (+1.5m to 2.5m) and George Hirst (+1 to 1.8m). Championship table.
In addition to Ndidi, full-backs Junior Firpo (-3 to 7 million) and Djed Spence (-2 to 8 million), who was loaned to Elland Road from Tottenham, as well as the two Southampton players Kamaldeen Sulemana (-4 to 18 million) and Kyle Walker-Peters (-3 to 22 million) lost market value. With a total decrease of 16 million euros to 219 million euros, the “Saints” are also the biggest losers in the ranking of the most valuable squads, while Leicester was the only one of the three relegated teams to confirm its squad value in the second division.
This is how transfer market market values work
The transfer market market values are created taking into account various pricing models as well as a strong involvement of the transfer market community, which deals with the values in detailed discussions. The transfer market market values cannot generally be equated with the transfer fees actually paid.
The goal is not to predict a price, but rather an expected value. When determining the market value, both individual transfer modalities and situational conditions are relevant to a certain extent. Examples of this will be here listed. Transfermarkt does not use an algorithm (for a detailed definition of market value).
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