The ADNOC Professional League ranks second in Asia in terms of market value, with a total of 360 million and 220 thousand euros (1.48 billion dirhams), as a result of contracts concluded by clubs during the summer transfer period for the 2024-2025 season, at a time when the value of the squad reached the most expensive in the tournament – in all positions. From goalkeeping, through the defense line, midfield and attack – 57.7 million euros (237 million and 147 dirhams), according to the Transfer Market website.
And topping the list among the 11 stars is the French player of Algerian origins, Nabil Fekir, who was signed by Al Jazira as an attacking midfielder, with a market value of 10 million euros (41.1 million dirhams), a difference of two million euros from the second-place finisher, which was shared by the Shabab Al-Ahly international striker. Sardar Azmoun and Al Ain’s Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi, worth eight million euros each (32.88 million dirhams), making the attacking duo occupy second place on the list of the most expensive lineups in the league, with a total of 16 million euros (65.7 million dirhams).
The Fekir deal contributed to giving the midfield quartet the highest market value in the squad, with a total of 26.8 million euros (110.14 million dirhams), especially since the most expensive squad of midfield players in the current league also includes Al-Wasl player Fabio Lima, whose market value is seven million euros (28.77 million). dirhams), and his teammate Nicolas Jimenez, with a market value of 4.8 million euros (19.7 million dirhams), and Al Ain player Alejandro Romero, with five million euros (20.5 million dirhams).
The market value of the defensive line quartet came in third place, with a total of 14 million euros (57.54 million dirhams), in a list topped by Al-Nasr defender Glauber Lima with 4.5 million euros (18.49 million dirhams), one million euros ahead of Al-Ain’s Portuguese defender, Fabio Cardoso, which amounted to 4.5 million euros (18.49 million dirhams). Its market value is 3.5 million euros (14.3 million dirhams). Al Jazira defenders Karim Raqiq and Al Ain Jorgens shared the same value to complete the defensive line four, with a market value of three million euros (12.33 million dirhams) each.
Al Jazira club goalkeeper, Serbian Stoban Lekovic, was the only goalkeeper in terms of market value, which amounted to 900 thousand euros (3.6 million dirhams).
• The ADNOC Professional League ranks second in Asia in terms of market value.
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