There are two Englishmen in this list of the top 10 players with the greatest increase in their market values this season from Europe’s top five leagues, with Kobbie Mainoo just missing out in 11th place.
They apparently viewed a 19-year-old central midfielder from Benfica who’s made 65 senior appearances as a ‘priority investment’ after a ‘challenging season’. Who are they, Chelsea? But it’s all gone a bit stale, with no futher contributions other than a goal in the FA Cup third round against Huddersfield in his 19 appearances since.Our favourite purely because of the 19900% mark-up. Surely either the appraiser in July or Omorodion’s more recent Transfermarkt assessor has got this wrong, and we would suggest they probably both have a bit.
Of players under the age of 21 in Europe’s top five leagues, only Jude Bellingham has more than Palmer’s 28 goal contributions. Only Mohamed Salah , Erling Haaland and Diogo Jota have more goals and assists per 90 minutes than Palmer . And he’ll soon be able to rely on Kylian Mbappe to lessen a goalscoring burden that the England international’s taken on his shoulders as though it’s a scarf made of butterfly wings and meringue.