With the 2026/27 A-League Men season now upon us aleagues.com.au has teamed up with TransferRoom to take a look at which players could be set to shine this coming campaign.
Using their Expected Transfer Value (xTV) model the experts at TransferRoom have crunched the numbers ahead of the 2026/27 campaign to determine both who are the most valuable players in the league as well as the top 10 rated U21 talents.
TransferRoom’s xTV evaluates a player’s worth not just on ability but on economic factors, contract status and similar historical transfers.
A player’s xTV is a prediction of what it would cost to sign the player permanently, expressed as a range and it also factors in things such as performance data, age, position and national caps.
Furthermore the financial strength of their parent club, time remaining on the players’ contract (including any options), historical fees paid for the player and the potential buying market for the player are all factored in.
So what are the results? Read on to find out!
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Using TransferRoom’s xTV model it’s Melbourne City young gun Medin Memeti who comes out on top with a transfer value of €1.3m – roughly $2.11m AUD according to current exchange rates.
Melbourne City have three players in the top four with fellow City gems Kavian Rahmani and Max Caputo listed, with Rahmani valued at $1.95m AUD and Caputo $1.32m AUD.
Another club to have three players in the top 10 are Adelaide United, with central defender Panagiotis Kikianis valued at close to one million euros, or roughly A$1.53m AUD.
Joining him in top 10 are Ryan White ($1.18m AUD) and Jonny Yull ($1.18m AUD) while Newcastle Jets’ youngster Will Dobson ranks fifth on the list with an xTV of $1.19m AUD.
After making his A-League Men breakthrough last season Perth Glory midfielder Giovanni De Abreu comes in with an xTV of roughly $1.15m AUD.
Rounding out the top 10 most valuable players in the A-League Men according to TransferRoom’s xTV are Central Coast Mariners midfielder Haine Eames ($1.14m AUD) and Auckland FC’s New Zealand international Lachlan Bayliss ($1.14m AUD).
Using their ‘Potential Rating’ value TransferRoom have also identified the top 10 players aged 21 or under in the league for this coming season.
Scroll down to find out who makes the top 10 and how the ‘Potential Rating’ is calculated.
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What is the TransferRoom Player Rating? (Sourced from TransferRoom.com)
The TransferRoom Player Rating is a 0-100 score that values a player’s ability on the pitch.
Broadly, a player’s rating takes into account:
- The quality of the team he plays for (Squad Ratings)
- How regularly he plays (Percentage of available minutes)
- The standard of competition he plays against (League Ratings and statistic conversion rates)
- His individual performance statistics, weighted by the stats most relevant to his position
TransferRoom calibrate Player Ratings so that the combined performance of the players in a squad is predictive of that squad’s rating. Or in other words, the players contributing the most on the pitch for the best squads receive the highest ratings.
