Newcastle academy boy now worth the same as Pope and Almiron

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Newcastle United academy graduate Sean Longstaff is now valued at the same price as fellow teammates Nick Pope and Miguel Almiron.

According to the Football Observatory, Longstaff is valued at €20million alongside Pope, Almiron, Callum Wilson and Fabian Schar.

One of four players given that valuation, he is just below teammates Harvey Barnes and Anthony Gordon who are supposedly worth €30million, but above defensive stalwarts Dan Burn and Kieran Tripper who are valued at €15million and €10million respectively.

The midfielder broke into the Magpies’ fold for the first time in 2016. Loan spells with Kilmarnock and Blackpool followed his Newcastle debut before he began making a name for himself at the club in 2018 under Rafa Benitez.

Seven years on from his debut, the 25-year-old has now made 140 appearances for the Toon. He has scored eight goals and assisted ten in that time and looks set to be a prominent feature at St James’ Park once again this season having featured in every game under Eddie Howe so far.

Having the same value as key players such as Pope, Almiron and Wilson is telling of his impact on the squad.

Valuations besides Longstaff

Pope, who joined from Burnley for £10million last summer, has almost doubled in value whereas Wilson has retained more or less the same worth since his £20million transfer from Bournemouth in 2020.

The players in the squad with the lowest value, all around the €5million mark, include Matt Ritchie, Loris Karius, and surprisingly Tino Livramento.

The highest, ranked at €60million, are Alexander Isak, Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali – valuing above the likes of Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois and Bayern Munich’s Serge Gnabry.

Of course, these valuations do have to be taken with a pinch of salt as we all know how inflated the transfer market is these days, however, it is certainly an interesting point of reference.