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02 Value & deals

Values you can audit.

Clubs sell talent before anyone has measured or priced it. The Player Value Index fixes the first problem with our own match data, and the deals record fixes the second.

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Player Value Index

One player.
Three honest numbers.

Reference sites set values by crowd estimate. The Index publishes three values from a model, and every input behind them.

01

Book value

What the buyer carries.

Transfer cost less amortisation, as it sits on the buying club’s accounts.

Clubs · investors · auditors
02

Market value

What the player would fetch today.

A model estimate of the fee the player commands in an open market right now.

Supporters · media · agents
03

Investment value

What the player is worth to you.

Value to a specific buyer, given its strategy, resale horizon and squad needs.

Clubs abroad · multi-club owners

Inputs age · minutes · league strength · match performance from our own data · contract length · transfer history · comparable fees

Demo player · CM · 21

No. 8

Illustrative
$1.42M

Open-market fee estimate today

MW 1MW 14

Lineage

Every value
shows its working.

Each value carries its inputs and its revision history. When a number moves, you can see exactly why. That’s what lets clubs negotiate fair fees, and lets everyone else trust the price.

  1. Rev 6MW 14Minutes +540 · rating 7.6 avg+0.18M
  2. Rev 5MW 10Comparable fee: CM, 21, to Belgium+0.12M
  3. Rev 4MW 7Contract extended to 2030+0.18M
  4. Rev 3MW 4League strength re-rated−0.02M

Transfers & deals

Who captured
the gain?

A player leaves home cheap and is sold on for many times the fee. P57 records every step, so clubs, academies and investors can see where the value went, and price the next deal properly.

Value-capture chainIllustrative
—AcademyTrains the player, 12 to 18
$0.2MHome clubSells at 19
$1.8MClub abroadSells on at 23
$9.0MNext buyerCarries the value
3%
6%
71%
20%

Share of the total value gain, by holder

  • 01

    Transfers & fees

    Reported and disclosed fees, add-ons and sell-on clauses, with sources.

  • 02

    Value capture

    Each fee step-up, and which club kept the gain.

  • 03

    Ownership

    Club ownership and multi-club structures across the continent.

  • 04

    Academy investment

    Who funds academies, and what their graduates go on to be worth.

  • 05

    Solidarity & compensation

    Training compensation and solidarity payments owed to the clubs that developed a player.

  • 06

    Football finance

    The first dedicated African dataset on fees and ownership.

Waitlist

Price it
properly.

Investors, owners and clubs on the waitlist get the first look at Index values and the deals dataset.

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