The Liverpool loan army increased their collective value by more than £20 million thanks to their performances during the past season.
The Reds have some big hitters out at other clubs for 2018/2019 including Wales international Harry Wilson and Serbian midfielder Marko Grujic.
Wilson and Grujic carried the bulk of the improvement in value, according to Transfermarkt, but others such as Ryan Kent and Kamil Grabara chipped in along the way.
Derby County had the pleasure of keeping Wilson for the entire campaign, where the Wales international claimed a career best 18 goals and six assists in 49 appearances.
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This result in the 22-year-old seeing his value increased from £900,000 to £7.2 million – however it’s been reported that Liverpool would only accept bids of around £20 million for the young attacker.
Grujic won over fans of the Bundesliga thanks to his performances for Hertha Berlin, where he remain for a second campaign. The Serbian was in demand this summer but Liverpool appear to want to keep him on the books for the time being.
His value has move from from a rubbish £4.5 million to £14.5 million – a healthy increase. But the Reds would expect around £25 million if they were going to let him leave.
Among the big increases from the U23 squad was Polish goalkeeper Kamil Grabara, who was sent on loan to the Danish top flight and played an important part with Aarhus GF. Grabara played 16 games and kept six clean sheets as his value went from £90,000 to £360,000.
There are noises that Simon Mignolet is set to stay at Liverpool for another season as a reserve goalkeeper, so you’d imagine that Grabara would be sent back on loan to gain experience playing top flight football.
Ryan Kent has also increased his value after an excellent season in Scotland with Rangers and is now worth £1.58 million, although Kent would command a fee of around £10 million if he were to be sold this summer.
These loans might not all result in a player graduating to the first team, but at the very least they’re providing a path to the first team and a way to keep reinvesting in the squad.