Transfermarkt, a website specialized in the transfer market, has updated the market values of a number of players in the Portuguese Championship. Most notable is the huge appreciation for eight players: three from Sporting, two from Boavista and one each from FC Porto, Famalicão and Portimonense – all at a price of 150% or more, compared to the previous update. As far as Sporting FC is concerned, the trio consists of Jeuqueris (jumping from 13m to 32m), Diomande (from 10m to 25m) and Gini Catamo (from 600k to 1.5m). Regarding the Lions’ competitor, FC Porto, the development concerns Gonzalo Borges (from 2 million to 5 million). Despite the signs of the two big favorites, the biggest jump belongs even to a Boavista player: Poznik. The chess striker, who is the tournament’s top scorer with 5 goals, equal to Paulinho, has increased his value by… 400% – from 1 million to 5 million. His Slovakian colleague, Thiago Moraes, grew by 263.6%, from 550 thousand euros to 2 million euros.
On the other hand, Transfermarkt also highlights the development of Otávio (Famalicão), from 600 thousand euros to 1.5 million; And Vinicius (Portimonense) from 400 thousand euros to 1.2 million euros.
Note also the smaller growth in percentage terms, but no less significant, of Joao Neves (Benfica), from 10 million to 20 million; Ivan Jaime (Porto), from 5 million to 10 million; Or Gabriel Pereira (Gil Vicente) from 750 thousand euros to 1.5 million.
On the other hand, note the decrease in Trincao (Sporting) ratings from 15 million to 12 million; Saint Juste (Sporting) from 13 million to 10 million; Increase (Porto) from 8 million to 6 million; Paulo Oliveira (Sp. Braga), from 3 million to 2.5 million; Nuno Santos (F. Guimarães), from 2.5 million to 1.5 million; and Bruno Rodriguez (Chavez) from 1.6 million to 1.5 million.
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