Dowman's market value soars by €20m in top 10 Premier League market value increases
The World Cup being followed all too quickly by a three-week international break has meant that the first market value update of the season has come rather earlier in Premier League proceedings than normal. 257 Premier League players hadtheir value altered byTransfermarkt, leading the division's total value to increase by what Ferran Soriano might describe as a trivial €945m to a new high of €14.11bn.
Rather neatly for the purposes of this, 10 of those 257 players enjoyed the greatest rise in their market value. After just five Premier League games, this lot have all enjoyed a €20m increase.
We considered ranking them according to the percentage increase but then questioned if it's in fact more impressive to be an already highly valued player and still increase by €20m, so they're in no particular order. Alex Scott (Bournemouth): €50m to €70m Anyone still unsure as to why Chelsea were so keen on signing Scott in the summer - making bids ranging from from £62m to £68m - will have been left in no doubt after watchinghis outstanding display for England against Croatia.
Thomas Tuchel described him as the "complete package" after purring over his "so smooth" display for the Three Lions, while Gary Lineker questioned if Declan Rice - an automatic pick for so long at international level - may now struggle to get back into the team. There's a good chance both Tuchel and Rice will regret Scott's full England debut for very different reasons and Chelsea too are likely now kicking themselves for failing to make Bournemouth an offer they couldn't refuse for a midfielder destined to join the £100m+ gang next summer.
Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool): €30m to €50m Bayern Munich looked to pinch Ngumoha out of nowhere in the summer, just like Liverpool pinched him from Chelsea to the Blues' surprise two years before, with reports suggestingthe German giants even reached a 'full verbal agreement' with the teenagerbefore the move collapsed. With Arsenal now keeping tabs on him, and with three England caps to his name, the question will be if he can get the game time he believes he merits at Anfield having reportedly left Chelsea because he perceived the pathway at Liverpool to be better.
Signing both Bradley Barcola and Victor Munoz in the summer to join him and Cody Gakpo as four left wingers in the squad felt like an odd move, but does offer Ngumoha an opportunity to carve out what could be a very fruitful niche for himself as a right winger. Mateus Fernandes (Tottenham): €50m to €70m There's simply no way that anyone playing for Tottenham this season has seen their market value rise by €20m on the basis of their performances; perhaps least of all Fernandes, who's been played out of position at No.
10 and then thrown under the bus for looking understandably uncomfortable in that role by chief finger-pointer Roberto De Zerbi,who "didn't like" his performance against Aston Villa. His is a classic case of the transfer fee boosting the market value.
Enzo Fernandez (Manchester City): €100m to €120m At no point in his career to date has Fernandez's market value exceeded what his club paid for him. Had he stayed at Chelsea and begun the season in a similar fashion to his fast start at City, he would now be on the brink of surpassing the €121m fee Chelsea paid for him in January 2023, when he was valued at just €55m.
Even if he's absolute dogsh*t from now until the end of the season and his market value plummets, that value will far outstrip the bargain-bin fee Real Madrid will have to pay to secure his services in the upcoming expulsion fire sale at the Etihad. Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal): €45m to €65m What a weird career he's had so far.