December 5 – With the European transfer window opening January 1, the CIES Football Observatory has updated its online calculator that gives a transfer value to players in the ‘Big-5’ European leagues; England’s Premier League, France’s Ligue 1, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s Primera.
The calculator has been updated with data from the fee paying transfers from the summer transfer window, giving users a benchmark value for a player .
Available online for free, the calculator asks for information on the player that includes age, position, number of matches played over the past two seasons, countries they have played in how many points were gained by the teams they played in, and whether they have international experience.
The user then enters an email address and the valuation is sent to them.
CIES has built the statistical model based on almost 1,500 fee paying transfers having taken place since 2009. The accuracy of the estimated values against the actually paid sums is said to be more than 80%.
Access the calculator at http://www.football-observatory.com/transfer-value
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