Top 10 most devalued players this season: Messi shares the same fate with Werner

Messi is in the top 10 most devalued players in the 2021/22 season despite good performance.

2021/22 season of Soccer Europe is just over a month away and we’ve already seen which stars shine brightly in the continental football sky. But besides that, there are also players who have depreciated in the eyes of public opinion because of declining performance, age or other reasons.

Even though Messi is still playing in good form, he cannot avoid the price drop

Speaking of devaluations, transfer site Transfermarkt has published the latest changes in player value and based on that we can find a list of the 10 most depreciated players since January 1. 7/2021 to present. It should be added that besides the changes in value due to performance, age is also a factor because players from the age of 30 onwards will have a lower and lower purchase value.

And at the top of this list is Brentford’s Christien Eriksen for an understandable reason: Eriksen took the first half of the season off to recover from a terrifying heart attack at EURO 2021, returning to play for Brentford. since the beginning of the year, but at the age of 30 he is no longer young enough, plus the health factor, the value also decreases.

Behind Eriksen is also another midfielder who has turned 30, Koke is now an “old man” at Atletico Madrid when he has served the club since he started playing professionally in 2009. Koke’s advanced stats this season have all dropped compared to last season when he led Atletico to the La Liga title, the result of a diagram shift and Koke having to play in a new role that is not his forte.

Eriksen is the most devalued player according to Transfermarkt

In the rest of the top 10, Eden Hazard has depreciated quite deeply as age and injuries keep him out of the game, and the same is the case with Lorenzo Insigne, who will also be certain to leave Napoli after this season for the next move. MLS. The age factor also affects Hazard’s teammate Casemiro, and especially Lionel Messi Although the form of these two players is still very good.

But the Werner, Arthur, Sabitzer and Dembele down due to performance reasons, none of these players reached the age of 30. Although Dembele has played well recently, but the first half of the season has almost disappeared in Barcelona, ​​Arthur in the first half of the season mainly recuperated from injuries and sat on the bench, but when he played, he did not impress, and Sabitzer has not played for the past 3 months. kick full 90 minutes for Bayern. Werner and the missed phases at Chelsea, public opinion is well known.

Besides the top 10 stars, the players who depreciate according to Transfermarkt statistics also include Jadon Sancho (MU), Harry Kane (Tottenham) and Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona). However, their price drop is not enough to be ranked in the top 10.