Cotia duo sold cheap by Casares at São Paulo in Top 5 for value | OneFootball

The evidence that yes, president Julio Casares stripped and sold São Paulo’s main Cotia jewels for peanuts to Europe is becoming increasingly clear.

In a survey released by the traditional CIES Football Observatory, two Made in Cotia names appeared among the five players with the highest potential for future appreciation in world football: forward William Gomes, now at Porto, and midfielder Matheus Alves, from CSKA Russia.

Still only 19 years old, William has been standing out more and more with each match for the Portuguese club, scoring goals, providing assists, dribbling, and making impressive plays that have already won over Porto fans. The winger ranks 3rd in the CIES study, with a market value estimated at 20.9 million euros, projected to reach 32.5 million euros by June 2026. Tricolor sold 80% of his economic rights for 9 million euros in February of this year.

The young talent has played 20 matches for Porto this season alone, with seven goals and one assist, which increases his international value every day. That’s already the same number of games he played for São Paulo.

Meanwhile, midfielder Matheus Alves appears in 5th place in the appreciation projection. Today, the Made in Cotia player has an estimated value of 7.2 million euros, with a projection to reach 18.3 million euros in the next six months, according to CIES, an institution recognized for statistical analysis and market projections in sports.

São Paulo negotiated his transfer with the Russians in July this year and will profit around 6 million euros for the club’s coffers at Morumbi, in addition to retaining 25% of any future capital gain from a transfer abroad.

There have been 17 appearances, with three goals and one assist for Alves at CSKA, also surpassing his 15 appearances in the Tricolor shirt.

The CIES Football Observatory’s global study focused only on young players who do not play in the five main European leagues (Germany, England, Italy, France, and Spain). The research takes into account both individual data (minutes played, starting rate, goal frequency) and collective data (results).

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