Champion Madrid is worth less

It sounds paradoxical and it is: this Real Madrid that defends the league championship has less market value than the one that started last season. According to the specialized portal 'Transfermarkt', the global value of the equipment has fallen from 1,190 million euros in September 2019 to the 877M € at which it is now priced. A plummet of € 313M, 26.5 percent, the highest in the entire League …

A global value that fell 53 million this Friday with the exits of Bale, depreciated (his black year has been just as dark for his market value, € 60M with which the season started to the current € 28M), and Reguilón (25 million), but which, in addition, may fall more because the calculation still includes Borja Mayoral, pending Valencia and Serie A, valued at € 10M. Or Jovic, valued at 32 million, who can go out on loan. If we remove them from the equation, the value of the workforce would drop to € 835M. A value that was not so low according to the scales of this specialized website for just three years, in September 2017 (€ 743M).

Hazard and Jovic lead the falls

The main 'culprits' they are stars like Hazard. The Belgian has depreciated from € 120M to € 80M today in just nine months due to that ankle injury that is torturing him. Also striking is the collapse of Jovic in his turbulent first year as a madridista: from € 60M to € 32M. Odriozola, the only new face next to Odegaard of the white squad that ended the 2019-20 academic year, has fallen from € 25 to € 16 million in an accelerated depreciation due to its failed transfer in Munich … In fact, only three have seen their appreciation increase white footballers: Courtois, Mendy and Asensio.

The 26.5 percent drop in Madrid's squad is the steepest among the big clubs in our League. He Barcelona, despite not lifting any title, has lost less (13.6%, with € 161M less) and in the workforce of the Athletic the decrease is even less, only 10.9% (€ 94.8M). The league champion is 'worth' less than them.