Update elite series
After the update in the Norwegian Eliteserien, a duo becomes a solo at the top of the most valuable professionals. Hugo Vetlesen (23) from the leader of the table breaks away from Moldes Sivert Mannsverk (21; +500,000 to €5m) with the third-biggest plus of the update over €2.5m and is henceforth alone at the top with €7m. Bodø/Glimt are also up the most in a comparison of all clubs, posting a plus of €11.6m to €39.95m, leaving Molde (€27.85m) well behind.
“After Bodø/Glimt turned down a reasonably high offer from Feyenoord on Deadline Day last winter and the player showed loyalty despite his stated disappointment and surprisingly extended his contract, which expired at the end of 2023, Vetlesen had a difficult start to the season, but have been growing in recent weeks better. Now his overdue move to Europe is finally pending, with FC Brugge they should agree on a fee in the region of the new market value,” explains market value admin “Arturus”.
His team-mates Albert Grönbaek (22) and Joel Mvuka (20), who are up by EUR 2.7 million and EUR 3.2 million respectively, posted even bigger upgrades than Vetlesen. “Arturus” to the Danish U21 national player Grönbaek, who is now at 5 million euros: “For me, he has made the greatest performance development in the elite series. The attacking midfielder in Glimt’s 4-3-3 system has hardly fallen behind his more established colleague Vetlesen in terms of performance this season and has been instrumental in the dominant season of the north Norwegians.”
Mvuka’s new valuation was based on his transfer fee, the right winger was sold to FC Lorient in January for €5.5m and was loaned back until the end of June. “However, we stayed slightly below that at €4.5 million, because the Norwegian is having a good season, but not an outstanding one, and the transfer was made on the deadline day, when money is a little looser for some clubs,” explains Arturus “. The market value curve is also pointing upwards for Patrick Berg (25), the captain of the team, but only moderately by EUR 500,000 to EUR 4.5 million.
One of the big winners, however, is Lillestrøm SK’s Akor Adams (23). The 1.90 meter tall powerhouse, which has its advantages in an enormous physique and a strong header, scored ten goals in ten games this season, which puts the center forward in second place in the scorer list. As a result, it goes from 1.5 million to 4 million euros.
Market values Eliteserien: Focus on three U18 talents
Since the elite series has become a sought-after training league for talent, see Erling Haaland (22) or David Datro Fofana (20), the update also focuses on the three biggest U18 youngsters in the league: 18-year-old winger Christopher Bonsu Baah, who 16-year-old Sverre Nypan and 18-year-old Daniel Bassi.
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Bonsu Baah has only made 13 appearances on the European continent since arriving from Ghana and is already being watched by scouting departments at big clubs. “His dribbling skills are impressive and at the age of 18 he immediately became a regular at Sarpsborg. You still have to wait and see, for example there is still a lack of direct goal participation, but with Bonsu Baah’s systems a path like that of Fofana is not that unlikely. He also appears at number 59 on the ‘Golden Boy List’,” says “Arturus”. This is followed by an appreciation of EUR 1.1 million to EUR 1.2 million.
Rosenborg BK’s Nypan is seen as the biggest Norwegian talent of his 2006 vintage and has made a number of starting XI appearances despite struggling with minor injuries at the start of the season. Clubs like Benfica Lisbon are said to have inquired about the midfield talent, for which it goes up from 500,000 to 900,000 euros.
Bassi was a completely unknown story until the beginning of the year and this season he established himself as a left rail player in surprise runners-up Tromsø IL’s 3-5-2 formation. “He’s fast, good at dribbling and has a decent physique for his age. His contract expires at the end of the year and bigger clubs are said to be lining up. Bitter for the financially weak club, known as the northernmost professional club in the world, which will in all probability miss out on a high transfer fee,” says “Arturus” about the young Norwegian, who is now valued at 800,000 euros instead of 75,000 euros.
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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