Atalanta & Lazio biggest winners
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In the Italian Serie A, all 580 players received a new market value, including ten German professionals around Mats Hummels. Inter captain Lautaro Martínez remains in the three-digit range and at the top despite the devaluation, but his strong strike partner Marcus Thuram can significantly reduce the gap. While league leaders Atalanta BC and surprise team ACF Fiorentina are significantly increasing their squad values, the disappointing AS Roma and AC Milan are going down – although the Rossoneri have the player with the greatest improvement.
Tijjani Reijnders is the big winner of the update, increasing by 20 million euros to 50 million euros, which means he is now tied for second place in the Milan rankings behind Rafael Leão (€75 million). Also because Theo Hernández was devalued by 10 to 50 million. “AC is in a disappointing 8th place in Serie A, but things are looking good in the Champions League. This is also due to Reijnders, who brings his good ideas from the previous season to the pitch more consistently and is particularly convincing offensively,” explains Jatin Dietl (Jeidl), Area Manager Italy at Transfermarkt. Only Christian Pulisic surpasses the Dutch international’s seven goals this season with eight goals. “Reijnders has attracted international attention and has already been linked to Real Madrid, against whom he put in a top performance. If he continues like this, he should have great market potential next summer.”
At city rivals Inter, top scorer Thuram and full-back Federico Dimarco are the winners with increases of 10 million euros each to 75 million and 60 million euros respectively. For the French international, it is the fifth upgrade since his free transfer from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Milan in the summer of 2023; Since then, it has increased by 43 million euros. At the top of the Inter goalscoring list this season, the 27-year-old has replaced Martínez, who has been somewhat sluggish since his outstanding Copa América with Argentina and has only scored six goals in 18 competitive games. Martínez loses 10 million in market value, but remains by far the most valuable Serie A professional at 100 million euros.
Bisseck upgraded again at Inter, Hummels falls
While Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who turns 31 in February, is experiencing an age-related devaluation of 5 million euros to 40 million euros, the most valuable German in Serie A, Yann Bisseck, is going up again; by 5 to 30 million. “Since the last update he has demonstrated his status at Inter and has fought for a regular place, especially in the premier class. He has now internalized Simone Inzaghi’s demands on the outside defenders in the back three and is repeatedly dangerously involved in the attack. His attributes make him a player who is highly sought after in the Premier League, but Inter have no plans to let him go. A month ago his contract was extended until 2029,” explains market value expert Dietl.
After weeks of waiting, former world champion Mats Hummels can now call himself a regular at AS Roma, which, after two coaching changes, is not really getting out of the crisis even with the long-time Dortmund player. In the Roma squad, which is currently playing against relegation rather than Europe, 15 professionals are devalued. The bottom line is that the squad value fell by 45 million euros to 287.5 million euros. The 36-year-old Hummels fell by 1.5 million to 3.5 million, the lowest level since his breakthrough in Dortmund 16 years ago. One of the positive exceptions among the Giallorossi is Manu Koné, who came from Gladbach in the summer and is being upgraded for the first time since June 2023; by 6 to 26 million euros.
Market values: Atalanta and Lazio with biggest jumps
While the squad values at Roma and Milan (29 to 533 million euros) are falling significantly, things are going up significantly for Bergamo and Lazio. “Atalanta won ten games in a row in Serie A and were only narrowly defeated by defending champions Real 2-3 in the Champions League. The club seems to be able to go one better even after winning the Europa League and selling their top player Teun Koopmeiners and is now a candidate for the Scudetto. “Responsible for this are professionals sought after on the transfer market such as Ademola Lookman, Éderson and Isak Hien or the strong summer signing Mateo Retegui, who can increase his market value again,” said Dietl.
For Atalanta it goes up by 39.5 million to 487 million euros, Lookman is the second biggest winner of the update behind Reijnders with an increase of 15 to 55 million. Behind him in the ranking is Juventus’ summer signing Francisco Conceição, who is to be signed after a loan from FC Porto and will increase by 14 million to 36 million euros. The again upgraded top scorer Moise Kean (+12 to 30 million) and defensive talent Pietro Comuzzo (+11 to 15 million) are partly responsible for Fiorentina having the third largest increase in squad value with a jump of 21 million to 263 million euros receives. Only Atalanta and Lazio, which not only plays at the top of Serie A but also leads the Europa League table, are making stronger gains.
The Biancocelesti include ex-Herthan player Mattéo Guendouzi (+7 to 32 million), his midfield partner Nicolò Rovella (+7 to 25 million), central defender Mario Gila (+10 to 28 million) and Nuno Tavares (+10 to 25 million) the top winners. “The Portuguese full-back is proving to be a bit of the steal of the summer,” says Dietl. “He came on loan from Arsenal and the purchase obligation is just 5 million euros – after three loans, the Gunners would like to finally let him go permanently. Tavares immediately made an impact at Lazio and assisted eight goals in his first ten league games. The fact that it doesn’t go even further is because he was recently set back a bit by a yellow-red suspension and a thigh injury.”
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).