As well A few days ago, we witnessed a flurry of articles in both Belgium and Norway covering the sudden interest from Tottenham in Antonio Nusa.
The winger, who was a target for Chelsea back in the summer, burst onto the scene over the last few months both with Club Brugge and the Norway national team, which led to the Blues making an offer of €30m that was eventually rejected.
Belgium have a big article about all the players that could leave the Jupiler Pro League in the future before they’ve even fully broken through, including Nusa, who is on the radar of Tottenham and other teams.
It’s first pointed out that Spurs and Brugge are ‘in discussions’ for the winger, with the Belgians ‘aiming for €30m’ to get a deal over the line.
Sports economist Wim Lagae explains why this kind of trade is so typical in the Junior Pro League, where major teams are always showing interest.
“Clubs also consider resale value in the top five competitions,” he stated. They will settle for a 19-year-old boy instead of selling someone at 34 for a profit later on. It’s the exercise in appraisal that they do.
Transfermarkt has become a popular tool for estimating a player’s value; at the moment, Nusa is valued at €17 million.Naturally, Brugge will attempt to obtain more in negotiations with a wealthy Premier League team like Tottenham; here is where the CIES values can be useful.
The question is whether or not the element of future returns has been included in the valuation on Transfermarkt. In any case, Vermeeren (€30m on Transfermarkt) is valued as the most expensive player in Belgium, followed by El Khannouss, the slightly older Skov Olsen, and Nusa (€22m, €18m, and €17m respectively). One thing we have noticed with these transfers, especially when they involve players from Scandinavia, at least in terms of reporting, is an initial large influx of articles all saying the same, followed by few updates. This is probably the agent’s doing, which makes sense when compared to the constant stream of minute changes we receive from Italy, where representatives and intermediaries like to talk a lot. As a result, Tottenham fans shouldn’t be concerned about the transfers.egotiations are still ongoing is the only thing what you want, or need, to be hearing.
