Lamine Yamal becomes the most valuable Spanish footballer ever

Lamine Yamal

Another day, another historic moment for Lamine Yamal.

The latest updates on Transfermarkt saw the potential valuation of the FC Barcelona stalwart reach €150m, surpassing Rodri as the most valuable Spaniard, and is currently level with Phil Foden.

The Manchester City midfielder had been valued at €130m fresh from LaRoja's success at Euro 2024. Aside from Pedri back in 2022, they are the only Spaniards who have reached a valuation of €100m. Pedri has since dropped below to €80m.

Four other Spaniards managed a €90m valuation, three of which are still in LALIGA EASPORTS: Saúl Ñíguez (Sevilla FC), Isco (Real Betis) and Gavi (FC Barcelona). The fourth is former Real Madrid winger Marco Asensio, who is now at PSG.

Yamal has made himself notable for exploits at the tender age of seventeen. Back in 2023, he became the youngest player to debut for the Catalan club in LALIGA EASPORTS at just fifteen years and 290 days old against Real Betis.

He has since been proven to be a valuable cog in Hansi Flick's machine, racking up five goals and five assists across all competitions. Yamal has also been named as the LALIGA EASPORTS U-23 Player for the month last August and the Player of the Month for September.

Such a form ensured his Transfermarkt valuation to move up by €30m, the biggest such jump amongst LALIGA players in this latest update. His current valuation is only surpassed by three other players as of the moment. Tracing it to the past twelve months, and his valuation rose by €100m. Only Lionel Messi has had a higher valuation than Yamal in the history of Transfermarkt involving FC Barcelona players, with the current Inter Miami CF stalwart being valued at €180m back in 2018.

Other notable Tranfermarket updates sees Vinicius' valuation move into €200m, joining Erling Haaland as the most valuable players on the site. The Brazilian is now the highest valued player ever in LALIGA EASPORTS' history, breaking the tie he held alongside current teammates Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, and Messi.

With the Madrid triumvirate and Yamal, the Spanish top flight have four of the top six players in Transfermarkt valuation, highlighting the class of players that are participating in the league.