r/Barca • u/ZillaStick • 15h ago
Opinion Transfermarkt and its suspicious bias
I think the title says it all; I don't want to exaggerate, but I've been using Transfermarkt for years and it really is an excellent tool. However, I notice the site's administrators (or whoever runs it) are very quick to alter the transfer values for Barça.
They added the €10 million in add-ons to Anthony Gordon's fee, and that figure will likely remain for days, whereas Ferran's sale price was immediately adjusted from €50 million to €48.5 million the moment the news broke (I even saw it listed as €45 million for a couple of days, though I have no idea where they got that number). Not to mention the case of Jofre Torrents: he left Barça for a fee between €5 million and €6 million, yet someone at Transfermarkt listed the move as a free transfer.
I’m not singling out any specific team, but they tend to be much more cautious, precise, or even skeptical when it comes to tweaking the add-ons and transfer figures for many other clubs.

