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Setting a record in Vietnam when he was included in the Top 15 stars with the highest transfer value in Southeast Asian football, but Xuan Son is still far behind Indonesian stars and Supachok from Thailand.

According to the latest assessment of the famous transfer website Transfermarkt, Nguyen Xuan Son is valued at 700,000 euros, becoming the Vietnamese player with the highest transfer value in history. In addition, he is also in the Top 15 players with the highest transfer value in Southeast Asian football.

Statistics from Transfermarkt show that the top 6 positions all belong to Indonesian players, including Mies Hilgers (9 million euros, nearly 13 times the value of Xuan Son), Kevin Diks (4.5 million euros), Jay Idzes (3 million euros), Calvin Verdonk (2.5 million euros), Marten Paes (1.8 million euros), Thom Haye (1.5 million euros). This is understandable because these strikers are all naturalized stars, playing in Europe.

Positions 7 and 8 in the Top 15 list are 2 Thai players, Supachai Jaided (1.2 million euros) and Chanathip Songkrasin (1 million euros). The next positions are Sandy Walsh (Indonesia, 1 million euros), Dion Cools (Malaysia, 800,000 euros), Supachoke Sarachat (Thailand, 800,000 euros), Suphanat Mueanta (800,000 euros), Jordi Amat (Indonesia, 750,000 euros), Gerrit Holtmann (Philippines, 700,000 euros) and Nguyen Xuan Son (Vietnam, 700,000 euros).

In the above list, many names were absent from the AFF Cup 2024, especially the naturalized stars of Indonesia, along with the duo Supachai - Chanathip of Thailand. This is one of the reasons why the Indonesian and Thai teams cannot compete for the championship with the Vietnamese team.

Of course, transfer value is only one of the factors to evaluate the development of football or each national team. As in Southeast Asia, the total transfer value of the Indonesian team is far greater than that of the Vietnamese team, but that is not proportional to the difference in level between the two national teams.

In the Vietnamese team, apart from Xuan Son, most of the remaining players have quite modest transfer values. Notably, Nguyen Filip is ranked after the striker from Brazil with 500,000 euros. However, the whole team can still combine together to form a powerful collective, of which the extremely convincing AFF Cup championship is a proof.

What people are talking about a lot is that both Xuan Son and goalkeeper Nguyen Filip are worth less than Supachok of the Thai team. Transfermarkt is valuing the striker born in 1998 at 800,000 euros, 100,000 euros more than Xuan Son and 300,000 euros more than Nguyen Filip.

In fact, Supachok has decreased in value compared to himself in the past, most recently in June 2024, he was worth 900,000 euros. The peak of this player's transfer value is one million euros in 2022. His fee is higher than Xuan Son's, which is assessed due to the different football environment.

The Thai star is playing for Consadole Sapporo in Japan and Xuan Son plays in V.League. The two football backgrounds certainly have a big difference. The proof is that Supachok was only worth 600 thousand euros when he played for Buriram in the Thai League, then skyrocketed to one million euros when he moved to Consadole Sapporo.

Another specific case is midfielder Hoang Duc, who played very well in the AFF Cup 2024 but his value decreased from 400 thousand euros to 300 thousand euros. The reason is that this guy is playing in the First Division and is not valued as highly as when he played in the V.League.

In terms of class, Supachok and Xuan Son also had completely opposite performances at the AFF Cup 2024. The Thai star scored 1 goal but was criticized for being ugly and lacking fair-play. Meanwhile, the Vietnamese striker scored 7 goals to win both individual awards including the Golden Boot and the Best Player of the AFF Cup 2024. That alone is enough for Vietnamese fans to be proud of him.

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