Magician: «What factors affect the transfer value of a player's contract»

The professional player`s form - I think this is one of the most important factors. It's not worth explaining here. It all depends in what form and what potential the player has.

Game Role / Player`s skill - the assessment is based on the following parameters: captain or not, what is the position in the game (CS:GO - sniper, for example, or in Dota 2 - mid, carry, etc.). Plus, the market plays an important role - which positions are in deficit and which are in surplus.

Media - The amount of fan base is also an important factor. In fact, it adds value to the transfer if the player has a large or loyal audience, but is not the #1 priority.

Transfer attractiveness - this moment was once explained to me by Alexey «Хаос» Kucherov: when buying a player, you need to understand whether he will rise in price. This includes factors such as market relevance, age, region. For example, when there was a «woxic» transfer, there were only 3 potential buyers. If he were from CIS, the number of clubs will grow.

The position of the club in the market - I call it the «Cloud9 factor» when the selling club knows they can pay more than the market. Or vice versa, if a Tier 3-4 club buys, the price for it will be less or not at all affordable. Often many people try to find information for how much the club bought previous players in order to determine the price threshold.

There are other factors, such as the market situation, whether there are other offers for the player, time, date of the end of the contract. This is more related to the side of the negotiations, how each of the parties can skillfully use the arguments in their favor.