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2026 FIFA World Cup
25JUL

Transfermarkt lifts Yamal and Cubarsi after the final

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Transfermarkt moved Pau Cubarsi to EUR100m and Lamine Yamal to EUR220m after the final, level with Erling Haaland at the top of its list. A second list added EUR20m each to nine more players.

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Key takeaway

Transfermarkt repriced the tournament's winners, and Barcelona hold three of the largest risers.

Transfermarkt published its post-tournament revaluation on 22 July, moving Pau Cubarsi from EUR80m to EUR100m, a rise of 25%, after he took the award for the tournament's outstanding young player , and Lamine Yamal from EUR200m to EUR220m, level with Erling Haaland at the top of its list 1. Transfermarkt is a German-run database whose player values are compiled from transfer history, contract length, age and market feedback rather than from any club's books.

The same list moved Ferran Torres, who scored the only goal of the final, from EUR50m to EUR55m, a career high, and Anthony Gordon from EUR65m to EUR80m 2. A second list, reported on 23 July, added EUR20m each to Haaland, Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise, Julian Alvarez, Morgan Rogers, Cubarsi, Bradley Barcola and Goncalo Ramos 3. Morocco's Ayyoub Bouaddi rose EUR30m, the third largest individual move of the tournament, and Ismael Saibari rose EUR15m to EUR55m 4. Both lists draw on the same underlying data, which limits how far the second corroborates the first.

These are modelled estimates rather than agreed fees, yet selling clubs negotiate against them, so a revaluation becomes a real number the moment a bid arrives. Barcelona hold three of the largest risers on the first list, in a summer when FIFA cut the club's Club Benefits payment to EUR2,893,533 . A club paid less for releasing its internationals now carries a squad the market prices higher, and only a sale turns the second fact into money that answers the first.

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In plain English

Transfermarkt is a website that estimates how much footballers would be worth if sold, using a mix of data and expert judgement rather than actual transfer offers. After the World Cup final, on 22 and 23 July, it raised the valuations of several standout performers: Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi passed EUR100m for the first time, and forward Lamine Yamal rose to EUR220m, matching Erling Haaland at the top of the list. A second update added around EUR20m each to players including Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise and Julian Alvarez. None of these figures come from an actual transfer offer. They are Transfermarkt's estimate of what a club might now have to pay, based on how well each player performed at the tournament.

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  • Meaning

    The synchronised EUR20m rises across nine players show Transfermarkt repricing tournament form broadly rather than responding to any single transfer negotiation.

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Transfermarkt lifts Yamal and Cubarsi after the final
Modelled valuations set the floor a selling club negotiates from, and Barcelona hold three of the biggest risers in the year FIFA trimmed its release payment.
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