[Albion] Transfermarkt- it’s just nonsense isn’t it!

[get that board down!]

So Brighton currently 4th in the prem - totally amazing yet now totally unsurprising.

So how many of our owned players (so not including 1billion release clause Fati) are rated as having a value in the top 100 players in the league. Go on guess before having a look.

I’ll give you a clue, not many …

 

[GrossTurn]

I think the main issue is they put far too much weight in how much a player cost when they were most recently purchased, rather than what it would take for another club to lure them from their existing club. We don’t spend big fees (for the most part), hence why our squad is grossly undervalued based on the criteria they use.

Whereas a club like Villa who routinely drop £40m on a player, are valued much much higher. I wouldn’t swap our squad for theirs.

 

[brighton_tom]

The transfermarkt website is good for stats, but not much else. Ignore the values part of it, always wrong.

 

[get that board down!]

But 0 in the top 100 actually says a lot about our amazing recruitment.

 

[beorhthelm]

considering top 100 would be filled by Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal squads, i'm not in least surprised.

 

[Baldseagull]

So Brighton currently 4th in the prem - totally amazing yet now totally unsurprising.

So how many of our owned players (so not including 1billion release clause Fati) are rated as having a value in the top 100 players in the league. Go on guess before having a look.

I’ll give you a clue, not many …

Who do you think from our squad should be in there?

 

[get that board down!]

Who do you think from our squad should be in there?

Certainly Ferguson but also Mitoma, maybe Estupinian, maybe Pedro and Enciso.

 

[phoenix]

I would love to know Caicedo value before he went to Chelsea and his value now.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I think the main issue is they put far too much weight in how much a player cost when they were most recently purchased, rather than what it would take for another club to lure them from their existing club. We don’t spend big fees (for the most part), hence why our squad is grossly undervalued based on the criteria they use.

Whereas a club like Villa who routinely drop £40m on a player, are valued much much higher. I wouldn’t swap our squad for theirs.

yeah this.

It's good for historical transfer data, but it doesn't really pretend to be a valuation site.
Valuations are solely based on previous transfer value or any recent offers.

The difference between our squad valuation and Palace's is always pretty laughable.

 

[AZ Gull]

Why on earth would anybody pay any attention to an article on transfermarkt about what that site perceives as "the top 100 players in the league"?

I don't get it.

 

[Da Man Clay]

It’s wages and transfer values are complete gubbins.