Market Value Movements: August 19 – September 2, 2026

Between August 19 and September 2, Süper Lig market values shifted sharply: Fenerbahçe’s Sidiki Cherif gained €11 million while Victor Osimhen lost €25 million. We also tracked the market value of players we’ve scouted recently, including Niko Sigur, Marko Livaja and Youssoufa Moukoko.

Note: Unless stated otherwise, the market values in this article are based on Transfermarkt’s listed valuation and are editorial estimates. For a few names whose figures have not yet been formally updated on Transfermarkt but have been reported in the press, we label them “press-reported” instead. GegenSports presents these numbers not as official transfer fees, but as a signal of how the market currently reads a player.

Source: Transfermarkt valuation. All figures are editorial estimates based on the latest update.

Süper Lig’s biggest gainers

Transfermarkt’s latest Süper Lig update re-priced roughly 190 players in the league, and the resulting table shows clearly how quickly the market has priced in this summer’s transfers. The standout trend: the “big four” clubs’ new signings have already multiplied their value within just a few months.

Topping the list is Fenerbahçe’s summer arrival Sidiki Cherif. According to Transfermarkt’s listing, the young winger jumped from €7 million to €18 million — the biggest gain in the league, a 157% increase. Right behind him is Trabzonspor’s new signing Christ Inao Oulai, who rose from €8 million to €17 million (+€9M, +113%). At Beşiktaş, mid-season arrival Hyeon-gyu Oh climbed from €7 million to €15 million (+€8M, +114%).

Beşiktaş’s other standout, loanee Semih Kılıçsoy (on loan from Cagliari), rose from €10 million to €13 million (+€3M), keeping his title as the league’s top-gaining Turkish player. At Galatasaray, national winger Barış Alper Yılmaz climbed from €24 million to €26 million (+€2M), remaining one of the league’s most valuable players — behind only Guendouzi (€28M) per the current Transfermarkt listing. Galatasaray full-back Elias Jelert also gained roughly €2.5 million in this update; the Danish full-back, signed from Copenhagen, is now paying off in market value as well.

Süper Lig’s fallers: Osimhen tops the table (in reverse)

On the other side of the ledger is an expected but still striking picture. Galatasaray’s Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen dropped from a peak Transfermarkt valuation of €100 million to €75 million — the biggest loss in the league, a €25 million drop in a single update. His injury history and inconsistent recent form are cited as the main reasons. Still, at €75 million Osimhen comfortably remains the league’s most valuable player; the real question now isn’t whether he’s losing value, but how much his lead at the top is shrinking.

Second on the list is Cengiz Ünder, whose lack of form has been a talking point this season. The experienced winger, who has worn the shirts of Roma and Leicester City during his career, saw his value fall from €8 million to €4 million per Transfermarkt — a 50% drop. As summer transfer speculation already suggested, squad competition and limited playing time were decisive in the market re-pricing this player.

Tracking the market value of players we’ve scouted

As GegenSports’ scouting team, our core job is to identify players early — before they make headlines, or just as they start to. In this section we’ve gathered the market values of players we recently produced in-depth scout reports on, and for each one we asked: what was the value when we wrote about them, and what is it now? For a few names our report is still very fresh, so no value movement has occurred yet; in those cases we say so honestly, because inventing a rise or fall costs more in credibility than it gains in SEO.

Marko Livaja — Hajduk Split’s 32-year-old captain carries a Transfermarkt valuation of €6.5 million. Our scout report asked whether he’s “still the league’s most dangerous player at 32” — press reports suggest the club has internally discussed a sale scenario around €3 million, a good example of how far the gap between the Transfermarkt figure and actual market expectation can stretch.

Niko Sigur — The Canadian international’s engine at Hajduk carries a clear answer to the question our scout report title posed — “is he worth €4 million?” — Transfermarkt says yes, exactly €4 million. Reported interest from clubs like Celtic and Anderlecht suggests this figure could move up in the next update.

Ron Raçi — The press-reported figure for Hajduk’s left-footed centre-back sits in the €300-400K range. Signed from Prishtina for €300K in July 2025, the 23-year-old has not yet seen a major jump on Transfermarkt; the potential we highlighted in our report may need a few more strong seasons to translate into market value.

Pedro Bicalho — Qarabağ’s Brazilian player carries a Transfermarkt valuation of €1 million. Having joined in July 2025 on a contract through 2028, he’s still working his way into a regular role; his value is currently unchanged since our report.

Christian Bayemi — The press-reported value for KFC Komárno’s 26-year-old midfielder sits in the €140-180K range. Market value updates are rare for second-tier profiles like this, so there’s been no visible movement since our report; the real test will be whether the club can secure promotion next season.

Mohamed Makhlouf — The press-reported figure for Al Masry’s midfielder is roughly €500K. Under contract until 2027, the 28-year-old remains one of the more consistent performers in the Egyptian league.

Alperen Selvi — The press-reported value for the 25-year-old at Iğdır FK sits around €150-180K. Coming through Altınordu’s academy and now playing in the TFF First League, this figure is in line with the league’s typical player profile.

Hikmet Çiftçi — The press-reported value for Bandırmaspor’s midfielder is €538K. With his contract expiring in summer 2026, the coming months will be decisive for the 27-year-old both at club level and in market value.

Youssoufa Moukoko — Borussia Dortmund’s former wonderkid is charting an unusual career path, via Copenhagen, toward Çorum FK. Per Transfermarkt, his value still sits at €10 million; we’re using this figure as our baseline as of our GP Radar file’s publication, and we’ll be watching closely how a potential move to Süper Lig affects it in the coming weeks.

Deniz Gül — Porto’s national striker carries a Transfermarkt valuation of €5 million (some sources put it as high as €6 million). In a transfer saga that saw Galatasaray disclose an offer exceeding €12 million to Turkey’s public disclosure platform, the gap between market value and prospective transfer fee is a textbook example of the “potential premium” attached to young strikers.

What does the overall picture tell us?

Looking across this two-week window, three trends stand out. First, the big four Süper Lig clubs’ summer signings are being priced in fast — Cherif, Oulai and Oh are the clearest proof. Second, experienced players carrying injury history or inconsistent form (Osimhen, Cengiz Ünder) see the market react quickly and sharply — a sign that Transfermarkt updates now respond not just to age and career performance, but to current form and playing time in near real time. Third, and most relevant to our own work: several of the players we identified early (Niko Sigur, Marko Livaja among them) remain squarely in transfer speculation, with market values that look set to rise in the next update.

Lower down the pyramid and among young talents abroad, the picture is calmer. Names like Bayemi, Makhlouf, Selvi and Çiftçi haven’t seen major movement yet — which is normal, since Transfermarkt updates are far less frequent at this level, and big jumps are usually triggered by a concrete transfer or promotion. GegenSports will keep tracking these names; our next market value report will show which of them gain value for the first time.

One last reminder: market values are a collective estimate, not a transfer guarantee. Transfermarkt’s editorial team updates these figures based on season performance, age, contract length and market demand; actual transfer fees negotiated between clubs can land well above or below them. Keep following GegenSports’ scout reports — see you in the next market value movements piece.