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Transfer market has updated the market values of 210 professionals from the American Major League Soccer. The German ex-international Marco Reus from Los Angeles Galaxy receives the fourth devaluation in a row and is now back at the market value that he had in the service of Borussia Mönchengladbach during his first Bundesliga station in 2009. The big winner of the update is Atlanta United’s center forward Emmanuel Latte Lath, whose value increases by 8 million euros by now-the Ivorer pushes into the top 3 in the market value ranking of the MLS behind Miamis Lionel Messi and Las Riqui Puig.
“Atlanta United is known to spend a lot of money on new commitments,” explains Dominic Becker, data administrator North America at the transfer market with a view to the two -time internationals who came from Middlesbrough in February and continues: “With the commitment of Latte Lath, you have achieved a new level. Opportunities to score a goal. The transfer fee of 21.5 million euros was a new one MLS record transfers. The Ivorer contributed five goals and two templates in his first eight league games. Its market value climbs up 80 percent.
Latte Lath’s teammate Miguel Almirón, on the other hand, falls from the top 3 of the top 3 of the most valuable players due to a minus of 4 million. Like his storm partner, the 31 -year -old attacker from Paraguay only moved from England from Newcastle United to Atlanta in early 2025. “Almirón’s return to Atlanta is a fairy tale,” Becker attests. “He became a star in Atlanta and then had very successful years in the Premier League with the Magpies. However, due to age, his season was very limited there, but of course he is a regular player at Atlanta and gets better and better. However, since his transfer fee was far below his market value and his age also has to be taken into account, we could not avoid a clear downgrade.”
MLS market values: downgrades for the aging stars Zaha and Reus
Almirón is not the only former Premier League star, the market value of which experiences a significant downgrade. Also the 32 -year -old newcomer Wilfried Zaha By Charlotte FC From then on, less is assessed and falls from 8 to 6 million euros. “Zaha is certainly one of the reasons for Charlotte’s strong start of the season,” explains Becker. “Nevertheless, one should not forget that his loan at Olympique Lyon was ended early and that he hardly received a playing time there. This was followed by a move to Charlotte to a potentially weaker league. This, paired with his age, led to an inevitable downgrading.”
While the currently injured Puig, together with Messi, is still the most valuable player in the league, Puig’s teammate Marco Reus is doing Difficult this season. “As successful as Reus’ time at La Galaxy started, things are going so badly,” says Becker about the former Dortmund. “Not only that the Galaxy is still without a win this season, Reus has also been missing since the 4th matchday because of a knee injury. His susceptibility to injury runs like a thread through his career. Of course, it doesn’t get any better at almost 36 years.” Reus’ market value drops by 37.5 percent from 4 million to EUR 2.5 million.
In addition to Reus with Oliver Semmle (27, Philadelphia; -150 thousand at 250 thousand euros), Alexander Hack (31, New York Red Bulls; -300 thousand to 1.2 million euros), Lawrence Ennali (23, Houston; -500 thousand to 2.5 million euros) and Hany Mukhtar (30, Nashville; -1 Mio to 6 million euros) Four other German professionals devaluations. Mukhtar remains the most valuable German “legionnaire” despite the minus. For 75 thousand euros uphill, it is for the central defender Morris Duggan born in Munich, the 22-year-old from Minnesota United FC is now being estimated at 300 thousand euros.
MLS market values: plus for talents Vargas and Luna
One of the biggest winners in the MLS update is also Midfield talent OBED Vargas from the Seattle Sunders. “At the age of 19, the professional from Anchorage, Alaska, was already a regular in the Sounders for the second year in a row and has developed to an integral part of the central midfield,” explains Becker. “After deciding to play for Mexico in the future, he was included in the A-National team squad and played his first international match last October. He also moved into the field of view of several clubs, including Chivas. However, Seattle declined an offer of $ 10 million.” Although Seattle was able to keep his talent, clubs of the Liga MX will continue to be interested, accordingly Vargas’ market value increases by 71.4 percent from 3.5 to 6 million euros.
It also goes uphill for the 21 -year -old Diego Luna from Real Salt Lake City. “Luna has now stained all doubters,” says Becker, who continues: “He ties in with his strong performance from the previous year and has finally made it into the US national team. Teams like Leeds were therefore interested in him last winter. If his achievements continue at this level, a change to Europe is only a matter of time.”
Lunas market value increases from 6 to 8 million euros. This makes the midfielder the most valuable MLS professional from the ranks of the US national team ahead of Brandon Vazquez from Austin FC (+2.5 to 7.5 million euros).
This is how the transfer market market values work
The transfer market market values are taken into account, taking into account various pricing models and a strong inclusion of the transfer market community, which deals with the values in detailed discussions. The transfer market values are not to be equated with the transfer sums actually paid.
The goal is not to predict a price, but an expectation value. When collecting the market value, both individual transfer modalities and situational framework conditions are relevant to a certain extent. Examples are listed here. Transfer market does not use algorithm (for detailed market value definition).
