First League: Cepeda Tops Market Values

Colo Colo and the U lose value

Transfermt updated the market values in the League of First and Lucas Cepeda, Figure of Colo Colo, consolidated not only as the most revalued player of the update, but also as the solo MVP of the highest Chilean category.

The end of 22 years reached Cacique In February 2024, from Santiago Wanderers. Since then, it was continuously revalued over five updates, until the latter became the most valuable player of the contest (+1 M€ a 3,5 M€).

His scoring production already exceeds, in fewer games, the one he showed in the Deanand his performance has made him a key piece of a colo colo that was consecrated last season. This growth led him to debut with the absolute selection, where he already adds three goals in five games.

This important leap in its price also places it among the 15 most valuable Chileans in the world, being the only representative of local football in that list.

Esteban Matus is another of the great winners of the update (€ +550 thousand to € 1 m). The 23 -year -old left side went little considered to consolidate as one of the most unbalanced sides and one of the championship revelations. It has been an Italian Audax pillar, leader of the tournament, especially for its contribution in the offensive phase. His great level even earned him a call from Ricardo Gareca, although he still did not debut with The red.

Francisco Marchant, 18 -year -old offensive flyer and also Colo Colo player, completes the podium of the most revalued. The left -hander, emerged from the capital team, professionally debuted in February of this year, with a transition to a promising game by the band. In just eight games he adds a goal and three assists, which earned him his first market value of 500 thousand euros.

Marchant has aroused great expectation as one of the main promises of Chilean football. His new value is positioned, next to the devalued Martín Mundaca (-150 thousand € to € 500 thousand), as the most valuable sub-18 player in the local tournament.

The club that registered the highest growth at the value of its squad was Audax Italiano, current pointer next to Coquimbo Unido. Los Italics They saw a rise of 1.38 million euros, reaching a total of 9.72 million, which places it as the sixth most valuable set in the country. In addition to the aforementioned Matus, six other football players saw representative increases of more than 100 thousand euros: Jorge Espejo (+200 thousand € to € 400 thousand), Michael Vadulli (+150 thousand € to € 650 thousand), Nicolás Orellana (+150 thousand € to € 450 thousand), Mario Sandoval Molina (€ 125 thousand, first market value), Tomás Ahumada (+100 thousand € Germán Guiffrey (+100 thousand € to € 500 thousand).

Cobresal was the second most revalued club (+680 thousand € to € 6.78 m), with the Argentine Félix Triañanes as its great winner after receiving its first market value of 200 thousand euros. Limache sports, revelation in the Chile Cup, completes the podium with an increase of 570 thousand euros in the value of its squad. His most prominent player was Daniel Castro (+350 thousand € to € 550 thousand).

Despite having two of the winners of this update among its ranks, Colo Colo was the most devalued club (-3.48 m €, € 26.07 m). Show this is the fall of Vicente Pizarro (-500 thousand € to € 2.5 m), who ceased to be the most valuable player in the league.

In addition to him, five other players from Cacique They appear among those who lost the most: Brayan Cortés (-700 thousand € to € 1.8 m), Víctor Méndez (-700 thousand € to € 1.8 m), Solomon Rodríguez (-700 thousand € to € 1.8 m), Sebastián Vegas (-500 thousand € to € 2 m) and Claudio Aquino (-300 thousand € to € 1.5 m). The casualties are mainly explained by the philosophy of the team: currently ninth in the table, 11 points of the leader, eliminated in the group phase both in the Chile Cup and in the Copa Libertadores.

The University of Chile was the other great devalued, with a total loss of 2.65 million euros. The only player who received an increase was Matías Sepúlveda (€ +200 thousand to € 1.2 m).

On the contrary, the ones who fell on their squad were Maximilian at € 800 thousand), Gabriel Castellón (-200 thousand € to € 800 thousand), Antonio Díaz (-200 thousand € to € 600 thousand), Nicolás Guerra (-200 thousand € to € 500 thousand) and Gonzalo Montes (-200 thousand € to € 400 thousand), among others.

The falls of Ignacio Ramírez (-500 thousand € at € 2 m) and Diego Hernández (-500 thousand € at € 1.5 m), both Everton players, the third most devalued team in this update with a total loss of 2.4 million euros.

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