For the first time in history, the value of the Athletic
from
Madrid is the second highest in LaLiga, surpassing the Real
Madrid. The Barcelona It is still the club that leads this ranking, according to data from the specialized website Transfermarkt, which gives the Barça entity a value of its first team of 807 million euros, the lowest level in recent years.
Atlético, which was third in this classification, has moved to second position, with a value of 769 million. As we say, the top-3 is now closed by Real Madrid, with 742 million, an amount similar to what it had in 2017.
It should be remembered that this ranking refers to the current market value of footballers, something that fluctuates depending on variables, such as the performance of the players, not what each club has paid for the footballers or their salaries. .
The key to explaining the overtaking of the Athletic to the Real
Madrid
is in two winter market moves, one from each team. The entrance of the rojiblanco club, with the arrival of Moussa
Dembélé, and the departure of the Madrid club, the march of Martin
Odegaard to Arsenal.
Precisely these two players were the most expensive that moved in the entire January market throughout Europe, since for this specialized website the value of the Norwegian is 40 million, while that of the French is 30. This difference of 70 million The market value of the two footballers (what Madrid loses, plus what Atlético wins), is what has allowed the colchoneros to place second in this ranking.
THE MOST AND LESS VALUABLE OF THE ATHLETIC
As for the most valuable footballers of the rojiblanco squad, they lead the classification Joao
Felix, with 100 million euros, followed by Jan
Oblak, with 90 ‘kilos’. Gimenez (65), Koke Y Saul (60) make up the top-5 of the team led by Diego
Simeone. At the other extreme are Grbic, with seven million, and Herrera, Vrsaljko Y Vitolo, with eight.