Thomas Fruits
Rome (EFE).- Napoli is revalued by 34% compared to last season. Kvaratskhelia has gone from having a value of 15 million to worth 85. Osimhen from 65 million to 100. All after a summer market that ended with a profit of 4.4 million. The brilliant season that can end this weekend with the third ‘Scudetto’ in its history is supported by a work of financial engineering behind it that has given results on the field.
Last season’s squad was worth a total of 469.225 million. This year, simply with the revaluation of several of his players and without major market operations, it is worth 629 million euros, all according to data from the Transfermarkt portal.
When the summer market ended on August 31, 2022, almost no one bet that Napoli was going to perform at this level. Not only because of its discreet additions, with hitherto unknown players such as the Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia or the South Korean Kim Min-Jae, but also because of the big names that left the club.
Out the locker room heavyweights
And it is that players like the Spanish Fabián Ruiz, the Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly, the Belgian Dries Mertens, the Italian Lorenzo Insigne or the Colombian David Ospina ended their adventure in the southern city.
Some as valuable transfers such as Koulibaly to Chelsea or Fabián to PSG, and others not as fruitful as Insigne to Toronto or Mertens to Galatasaray as free agents. The total they left in the club’s coffers was 80 million euros.
Aurelio De Laurentiis’ objective was clear. Clean up accounts by getting rid of big loose and betting on new talents. Luciano Spalletti, coach, also benefited: he became the undisputed leader of a dressing room in which there were too many singing voices.
The explosion of talent in the field
Of course, without a good performance on the field, the figures would not have been the same. But the fact is that it has been a complete success. Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen have made each other better and are currently the two most valuable players in the Italian Serie A, ahead of other big names such as Lautaro Martínez, Rafael Leao or Dusan Vlahovic.
In fact, according to data from the aforementioned portal, Khvicha Kvartaskhelia is the player that has increased in value the most globally: 70 million. An operation that Napoli closed for 11.5 million euros, when it had a value of 15, and which has now become a potential 85 million. An increase of 466%.
In addition, the partenopeo set has three players in the ranking the most revalued. ‘Kvara’ reigns at the top, followed by an Osimhen that goes from 65 to 100, 53% more. Kim Min Jae is next, in 11th place, going from 14 to 50 million in value, more than 257% increase, which also makes him the second most revalued defender, only behind Croatian Josko Gvardiol, currently in the Leizpig.
But it is not necessary to go to the big stars to verify that Naples has performed wonderfully on the green.
The goalkeeper Alex Meret, who was Ospina’s substitute, has gone from a value of 10 million to 18. Stanislav Lobotka has increased his price by 90% and is now at 38 million. Zambo Anguissa and Eljif Elmas have also seen their values increase.
The benefit of Naples becomes a benefit for the city
A wave of success that Napoli surfs and, therefore, affects the southern city. The border between the city and the team navigates many times through the same river. Football and everyday life merge. One thing does not make sense without the other, and vice versa.
Diego Armando Maradona has always been, and will continue to be, the infinite business of the city. This 2023 is just a parenthesis and the claim, for the first time in 33 years, will not only be Diego, a deity in the city of Buenos Aires.
This weekend there is almost no accommodation to host what may be one of the most massive parties of this century. What little remains is through the roof. All because Napoli is one step away from making history. All because Napoli decided to bet on the economic balance and became, in addition to an exciting project, a work of financial engineering.
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