Signed for less than $500k
Major League Soccer is set to lose one of its biggest attractions. On Monday, multiple sources, including Fabrizio Romano and MLSSoccer.com writer Tom Bogert reported that the Argentine striker was set to leave New York City FC on loan to join fellow City Group and newly promoted LaLiga side Girona. According to Romano, the City Group has now started to reject any other offers for the striker with a market value of $13.2 million.
Castellanos has been sensational over the last two years. Last year he won the Golden Boot in MLS with 19 goals and eight assists in 32 games and was voted the player of the season by the Transfermarkt community. This season he once again leads the league with 13 goals in 16 games, including the winner against city rivals New York Red Bulls last weekend (1-0). That derby against RBNY might have been Castellanos’ last match for the Citizens.
The rise of the 23-year-old striker has been unprecedented. The forward was once signed for just $468,000 from Uruguayan club CA Torque in 2019. Over the last three years, the striker has increased his market value from $440,000 to $13.2 million, making him the fourth most valuable player in MLS. But NYCFC’s financial demands have also made a transfer to Europe difficult, and the City Group now wants to increase his profile in the more competitive LaLiga.
Insigne, Thiago Almada, Martínez & Co. – The 25 most valuable MLS players
Jesús Ferreira | FC Dallas | Market value: $6.6m
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Efraín Álvarez | Los Angeles Galaxy | Market value: $6.6m
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Ryan Gauld | Vancouver Whitecaps | Market value: $7.15m
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José Cifuentes | Los Angeles FC | Market value: $7.15m
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Xherdan Shaqiri | Chicago Fire | Market value: $7.7m
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Carles Gil | New England Revolution | Market value: $7.7m
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Sebastián Driussi | Austin FC | Market value: $7.7m
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Brenner | FC Cincinnati | Market value: $7.7m
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Talles Magno | New York City FC | Market value: $7.7m
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Dániel Sallói | Sporting Kansas City | Market value: $8.25m
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Raúl Ruidíaz | Seattle Sounders | Market value; $8.8m
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Alan Pulido | Sporting Kansas City | Market value: $8.8m
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Alejandro Pozuelo | Inter Miami CF | Market value: $8.8m
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Lucas Zelarayán | Columbus Crew | Market value: $8.8m
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Hany Mukhtar | Nashville SC | Market value: $8.8m
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Marcelino Moreno | Atlanta United | Market value: $8.8m
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Jefferson Savarino | Real Salt Lake | Market value: $8.8m
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Cucho Hernández | Columbus Crew | Market value: $9.9m
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Federico Bernardeschi | Toronto FC | Market value: 11m
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Luiz Araujo | Atlanta United | Market value: $11m
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Emmanuel Reynoso | Minnesota United | Market value: $11m
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Alan Velasco | FC Dallas | Market value: $11m
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Valentín Castellanos | NYCFC | Market value: $13.2m
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Josef Martínez | Atlanta United | Market value: $13.75m
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Thiago Almada | Atlanta United | Market value: $19.8m
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Lorenzo Insigne | Toronto FC | Market value: $27.5m
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