The 10 players whose transfer value has increased most in 2021-22

Each season a player explodes, either performing to a level they hadn’t previously, emerging out of nowhere or growing more experienced, and their transfer market value vastly increases. Here, we look at the players whose value has shot up most in the 2021-22 season.

The players who saw the biggest increases either improved dramatically in status and performances over the course of the season or were unheard of before this campaign until they had a big breakthrough.

Naturally, it is younger players who see their values increase the most and in the top 10 biggest increases across Europe, the oldest player is just 25.

Big transfers, especially in January, can also boost values rapidly, and two players in the top 10 moved clubs in the winter window.

We’ve listed the full top 10, ranked by how much their Transfermarkt value has increased over the season.

The 23-year-old Sporting Club de Portugal central midfielder has seen his stock rise rapidly this season, and a run to the knockout stages of the Champions League will have certainly helped.

Rated at just £4.5million at the start of the season, Nunes is now valued at £27million, an increase of £22.5million in a very short space of time.

With some of Europe’s giants reportedly sniffing around, his value is surely only going to shoot up further.

A striker from RB Salzburg, Adeyemi has been compared to Erling Haaland thanks to his incredible eye for goal in the Champions League.

Now valued at £31.5million, with an increase of £22.5million, it was the 2021-22 Champions League group stage that helped put the 20-year-old on the map.

With 21 goals and five assists this season, as well as some incredible displays of pace and skill, Adeyemi may even follow Haaland’s same path to