Indian Super League side Odisha FC are in advanced talks with Kerala Blasters forward Raphaël Messi Bouli, according to IFTWC.com. Odisha FC have been on a rebuilding job and have assembled an impressive young Indian squad. With the confirmation of coach Stuart Baxter, the club has started hunting for their foreign recruits and the Kerala Blasters forward is understood to be one of them.
FC Goa are rumoured to be interested in former Swansea City defender Chico Flores, if a report in IFTWC is to be believed. IFTWC reported that the centre-back’s contract with CF Fuenlabrada, a La Liga 2 club, runs out this July and that FC Goa are interested in the 33-year-old.
Former Premier League striker Adam Le Fondre is reported to be in advance talk with Hyderabad FC. The Bridge has reported that the 33-year-old is mulling over a move to Indian Super League from Sydney FC despite having a contract running till 2021.
For Albania, Sadiku has scored 12 goals in 35 appearances. With Kerala Blasters and Bartholomew Ogbeche set to part ways, a prolific goal scorer is one Blasters desperately needs. Someone of Sadiku's potential could work wonders. But can Kerala Blasters, who are reeling under financial stress, really effort the Albanian?
With the year about to end, Transfermarkt carried out a complete update of values in Liga MX. Virtually all the values of Mexico's first division were reviewed with major changes around the most valuable players in the league. On the one hand, Spaniard Sergio Canales suffers his second devaluation since he arrived in Mexico, while Argentine Juan Brunetta consolidates himself as the second most valuable player in Aztec football.
For the first time in a long time, there are six footballers in Portugal with a market value of more than €40 million - four players now share first place in the market value ranking. All 477 players in the Liga Portugal have been re-evaluated and the big winners are once again João Neves of Benfica and Sporting's Viktor Gyökeres and Ousmane Diomande. While Benfica and Porto have seen their squad values fall slightly, league leaders Sporting have risen to become the 36th club worldwide to break the €300m mark.
The RB Leipzig and Al-Hilal squads were more expensive to put together than Barcelona’s current squad, but the three of them, together, spent as much as Chelsea. A quick glance at the purchase value statistic on Transfermarkt shows how much in fees respective clubs paid and how it correlates to the current squad value. Barça paid €327 million in transfer fees but has a squad value of €814m—a difference of +€487m
A market value of at least €45 million is necessary to be counted among the 100 most valuable players on the planet. As of September 2023, 110 players meet that benchmark, and 55 play in the Premier League. The other half is spread across LaLiga (18 players), the Bundesliga (12), Ligue 1 (12), Serie A (9), Liga Portugal (2), and the Saudi Pro League (2).
Indian Super League runners up Chennaiyin FC have set their sight on Irish striker Eoin Doyle, if rumours are to be believed. Having failed to reached an extension agreement with Nerijus Valskis’ the Super Machans are rumoured to have identified Doyle as a potential replacement.
On the pitch, Southampton were relegated from the Premier League, but in the global ranking of clubs with the highest transfer profits in the summer of 2023, the Saints are at the top by a clear margin: the English club cleverly sold their most-wanted players after relegation and generated €162 million profit on the transfer market – a figure that no other club comes close to.