Which Brazilian Players Have Increased the Most in Market Value Since Last Year?

By taking a quick look over the list below, you’d be quick to think that I only counted footballers who play domestically (in Brazil). But that isn’t the case. The question that remains to be answered is: “does a player gain more value when having a great season in his native country as opposed to…

It’s all in the family

Which are the world’s best players whose careers are managed not by agencies, but by their families instead? Well, one of these players just won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for a historic 5th time earlier today, in Zurich. Familial links with players often prove to cause more difficulty than regular sport agencies/investors. And the reason…

There’s no more magic in football

About three years before he ended as the world’s best footballing nation’s most valuable player, Renato Augusto returned from a 5-year Bundesliga stint absolutely broken. Broken-spirited & physically wrecked. The former Bayer Leverkusen, Arturo Vidal’s partner in the German team’s midfield had a chronic series of injuries, so much so he thought he’d have to…

Did Team Market Value Influence the 2015 Brasileirão?

So, did money influence the outcome of this year’s Brazilian League season? The answer is, kind of. For example, in the case of the “have-not’s”, or the squads bearing the league’s lowest market value, it did. In order, Avai, Joinville, and Goiás possess the league’s least valuable players, and with that in mind, all three of…

Market Value of Top 4 Brasileirão Teams vs European Teams

The Brazilian champions of 2015, Corinthians have a Total Market Team Value (TMTV) equivalent to about the same as Dutch powerhouse, Ajax of Amsterdam. But still lower than all but 3 out of a total 20 Premier League sides, the most prestigious league in the world. Now of course this doesn’t mean for instance, that…