The winners and losers in 2023: Kobel increases his market value, Neymar decreases

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The past calendar year has produced many winners and losers in the international football world. How a player has developed is evident from his market value development. We present: The biggest jumps in market value of the year – in both directions. Based on the benchmark values ​​of “Transfermarkt”.

Among the five biggest winners of the year are two players who have a connection with the hip Premier League club Bright & Hove Albion with the hip Italian star coach Roberto De Zerbi (44). On the one hand, there is the young Irish striker Evan Ferguson (19), who delighted England in 2023 with nine goals across the seasons. As a reward, there was an increase in the market value of 64 million euros in the past calendar year. This means a second place in the ranking of the winners. And then on the other hand there is Ecuadorian midfielder Moises Caicedo (22), who was sold from Brighton to Chelsea this summer for a Premier League record fee of almost 133 million euros. With an increase of 52 million euros, he secured fifth place in the rankings.

First place, unsurprisingly, goes to Real superstar Jude Bellingham (20). Although he only switched from BVB to the “Royal” in the summer, the Englishman is already well on his way to becoming a club icon in Madrid and thus breaking the CR7 records. This is rewarded with a market value increase of 70 million euros. In third place is Barça gem Lamine Yamal (16, plus 60 million), in fourth place is PSG wonderkid Warren Zaire-Emery (17, plus 54 million).

The biggest market value gainers with a Swiss passport also deserve to be mentioned. At the top is BVB goalkeeper Gregor Kobel (26). Last calendar year he earned another 15 million euros. Only two other goalkeepers worldwide have seen a greater increase in value: André Onana (27, Man Utd, increase 26 million) and Guglielmo Vicario (27, Tottenham, increase 18 million). After Kobel, Nati shooting star Zeki Amdouni (23), who achieved an increase of 12.5 million, made the most progress. And three-time winner Manuel Akanji (28) with an increase of 12 million.

The biggest market value losers have one thing in common: their performances have plummeted in the Premier League. Or migrated to Saudi Arabia. At the top is Manchester United wing Antony (23). The Brazilian has to accept a loss of 40 million. The 95 million purchase was earned with an underground return of just one Premier League goal in the entire calendar year. With Jadon Sancho (23), United made another mistake in the “Flop Five”. With a deduction of 35 million he is in third place as a loser.

There are also two very big names at the top of this inglorious ranking. Both imposed this on themselves by moving to the desert. Sadio Mané (31, minus 40 million) and Neymar (31, minus 30 million). Destruction of capital among superstars.

Even among Swiss players, one or two big names have seen a loss in value. However, they are not all to blame for poor performance. On the contrary, they continually lose value due to their old age. The best example of this is Granit Xhaka (31), who had a sensational year in the Premier League and Bundesliga, but still recorded a market value loss of eight million. Breel Embolo (26) is also worth the same amount less. However, for him this is not due to performance reasons, but to his torn cruciate ligament.

Source : Blick