The Espanyol squad is devalued, Puado shoots up

Are the crisis and how to turn it into an opportunity. The pandemic and its vaccine. The market values ​​of Espanyol and its protagonist of the moment could not be more contradictory in this last year, although everything has its logic. On the one hand, that the club's staff has been devalued by almost half between July 1, 2020 and today. On the other, in that same period, that the price of Javi Puado has skyrocketed, always according to data from the specialized portal Transfermarkt.

When the 2020-21 exercise began, the Espanyol sports team was worth 130.25 million, which in an exact year have decreased to 66.70. Namely, 63.55 million less, -48.8 percent. Despite the fact that the parrots were able to keep the bulk of their squad – except for Marc Roca – and the season was successful, with promotion and the title of champion, the slab of competing in the Second Division and in the middle of a pandemic it has weighed a lot. To the point that, in absolute numbers, it is the team in the silver category that was devalued the most. And yet still worth more than four other clubs that competed in First. The logical thing is that with the promotion you will experience an increase in value again.

And more would have lowered the price of Espanyol had it not been for the exponential rise in Handful. The youth squad has spent a year being valued at 900,000 euros –And that which had already come from exploiting on loan at Real Zaragoza– to the six million current, which make him the fourth most sought after of those who played this season in Second. The jump is of an incredible 566.67 percent more. But it is that only in three months, since March, it has already increased by 71.4 percent, since then its market value was 3.5 million.

This last increase responds to your Immaculate championship final with Espanyol and especially his participation in the European Under-21 with Spain, where he became a basic figure, and even in his debut with a goal in the senior team, just a few weeks ago. And more that its value can grow shortly, since if nothing strange happens this Tuesday it will be summoned for the Olympic Games. A huge leap that comes in full talks for his renewal with Espanyol, with which the contract ends in 2022.