
Danny Welbeck
Value picture
Where the market, the likely price and the model estimates sit.
The model rates Danny Welbeck's performance-implied value at EUR 2.7M-4.8M, above the estimated acquisition range of EUR 1.2M-4.0M. Its 24-month market value projection is EUR 0.8M-2.2M. Context-adjusted goal contributions are 0.98x the positional average in the league (2266 minutes, league coefficient 1.30). Confidence is medium: no event-level data (xG, progressive actions) is available from the current free source, and injury history is unavailable.
Acquisition note: Final year of contract: selling club's leverage is reduced.
Bargain Index: not assigned
What drives the score. Not a black box: each component and its level.
Age above 33 (outside validated pool)
| Performance | Elite | 96.9th pct among ATT peers (age-neutral) |
| Age | Unfavorable | 35.6 years |
| Acquisition cost | Very favorable | est. €1.5M vs market €3.0M |
| Expected appreciation | Very low | -60% over ~2 years (model) |
| Value gap | Very large | weak predictor on its own |
| Development | Low | |
| League translation | Big-five league | league coefficient 1.3 |
| Tactical fit | Not evaluated | Requires event/role data not available from the current free source. |
| Risk | Moderate | |
| Data confidence | Medium |
Bargain Index = percentile (among all evaluated players) of expected 2-year value relative to estimated cost. See methodology and backtests.
Market value history
Market value ≠ transfer fee ≠ acquisition cost.
Profile vs positional peers
Percentiles among 900 evaluated ATT players with 900+ minutes.
Performance (last season, league)
- Minutes
- 2266 (66% of available)
- Goals + assists / 90
- 0.56
- Context-adjusted G+A / 90
- 0.50
- xG, xA, progression
- Data unavailable
- Defensive actions
- Data unavailable
- Performance percentile
- 97 (Elite)
Adjusted = shrunk toward positional baseline for small samples, corrected for team dominance over opponents, expressed relative to positional peers in the same league.
Context
- League strength
- 1.30 (rank 1)
- Team strength (Elo)
- 1611
- Opponent strength
- 1577
- Possession, role
- Data unavailable
League strength 1.00 = average club of the big-five leagues. Elo includes continental matches.
Potential
- Development
- Low
- Trajectory
- stable
- Breakout probability
- Age > 23
- Resale range (24m)
- €806k – €2.2M
Historical comparables (8): median 2-year value change -60% (IQR -62% to -41%).
Risk profile
Overall: Moderate
- ▲Age 36: resale value typically declines.
- ⚠Contract ends in 12 months: cheaper, but competition and wage demands likely.
- ⓘInjury history unavailable from current data source.
League translation
What happened to players who moved from this league to the big-five leagues (observed, not a forecast).
Already playing in a big-five league.
Output is relative to positional peers in each league. Movers are a selected group (clubs buy players who fit), so treat this as context, not a guarantee.
Season-by-season (domestic league)
Context-adjusted values are model outputs.
| Season | Club | League | Pos | Apps | Min | Min share | G | A | G+A/90 | Adj. G+A/90 | Opp. Elo | Team Elo | League str. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | ST | 37 | 2266 | 66% | 13 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 1577 | 1611 | 1.30 |
| 2024/25 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | ST | 30 | 2121 | 62% | 10 | 4 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 1576 | 1614 | 1.23 |
| 2023/24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | ST | 29 | 1703 | 50% | 5 | 1 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 1589 | 1520 | 1.14 |
| 2022/23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | ST | 31 | 1856 | 54% | 6 | 4 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 1582 | 1619 | 1.23 |
| 2021/22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | ST | 25 | 1476 | 43% | 6 | 3 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 1559 | 1537 | 1.17 |
| 2020/21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Premier League | ST | 24 | 1549 | 45% | 6 | 3 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 1547 | 1492 | 1.19 |
| 2019/20 | Watford FC | Premier League | ST | 18 | 817 | 24% | 2 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.52 | 1553 | 1433 | 1.14 |
| 2018/19 | Arsenal FC | Premier League | LW | 8 | 147 | 4% | 1 | 1 | 1.22 | 0.33 | 1442 | 1733 | 1.22 |
| 2017/18 | Arsenal FC | Premier League | LW | 28 | 1183 | 35% | 5 | 2 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 1538 | 1665 | 1.15 |
| 2016/17 | Arsenal FC | Premier League | ST | 16 | 747 | 22% | 2 | 2 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 1574 | 1681 | 1.07 |
| 2015/16 | Arsenal FC | Premier League | ST | 11 | 578 | 17% | 4 | 2 | 0.93 | 0.53 | 1550 | 1678 | 1.08 |
| 2014/15 | Arsenal FC | Premier League | ST | 25 | 1667 | 49% | 4 | 5 | 0.49 | 0.35 | 1542 | 1729 | 1.06 |
| 2014/15 | Manchester United | Premier League | ST | 2 | 44 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1464 | 1670 | 1.06 |
| 2013/14 | Manchester United | Premier League | ST | 25 | 1459 | 43% | 9 | 4 | 0.80 | 0.52 | 1567 | 1683 | 1.12 |
| 2012/13 | Manchester United | Premier League | ST | 27 | 1293 | 38% | 1 | 4 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 1503 | 1742 | 1.07 |
Cups & continental competitions
| Season | Competition | Club | Apps | Min | G | A | Avg opp. Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Fa Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 78 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2024/25 | Fa Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 228 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2023/24 | Uefa Europa League | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 257 | 1 | 0 | 1593 |
| 2023/24 | Fa Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 106 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2022/23 | Fa Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 197 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021/22 | Fa Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018/19 | Uefa Europa League | Arsenal FC | 4 | 291 | 2 | 0 | 1487 |
| 2017/18 | Uefa Europa League | Arsenal FC | 10 | 760 | 3 | 0 | 1589 |
| 2017/18 | Fa Cup | Arsenal FC | 1 | 90 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2017/18 | Community Shield | Arsenal FC | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 1756 |
| 2016/17 | Fa Cup | Arsenal FC | 4 | 187 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 2015/16 | Uefa Champions League | Arsenal FC | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 1932 |
| 2015/16 | Fa Cup | Arsenal FC | 2 | 89 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2014/15 | Uefa Champions League | Arsenal FC | 6 | 500 | 3 | 1 | 1578 |
| 2014/15 | Fa Cup | Arsenal FC | 3 | 218 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2013/14 | Uefa Champions League | Manchester United | 5 | 368 | 1 | 0 | 1806 |
| 2013/14 | Fa Cup | Manchester United | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013/14 | Community Shield | Manchester United | 1 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 1438 |
| 2012/13 | Uefa Champions League | Manchester United | 7 | 406 | 1 | 0 | 1568 |
| 2012/13 | Fa Cup | Manchester United | 4 | 274 | 0 | 0 | — |
Small continental samples are shown for context only and are not over-weighted.
Historical comparables
Most similar profiles 2+ years ago (same position group) and what happened next. Chosen by similarity only — failures included.
| Player (then) | Age | Value then | ~2y later | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cani Laliga · 2014 | 33 | €2.5M | €1.0M | fell |
| Willian Premier League · 2024 | 36 | €3.0M | €400k | fell |
| Aritz Aduriz Laliga · 2016 | 35 | €3.0M | €1.0M | fell |
| Peter Crouch Premier League · 2014 | 33 | €2.5M | €2.0M | fell |
| Glenn Murray Premier League · 2018 | 35 | €3.0M | €1.6M | fell |
| Roque Santa Cruz Laliga · 2014 | 33 | €2.5M | €1.0M | fell |
| Jamie Vardy Premier League · 2023 | 36 | €2.5M | €1.0M | fell |
| Ángel Rodríguez Laliga · 2019 | 32 | €3.0M | €3.0M | flat |
Transfer history
Fees as reported by the source; undisclosed fees shown as unknown, never estimated.
| Date | From | To | Fee | MV at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2020 | Watford | Brighton | Free / loan | €5.5M |
| 7 Aug 2019 | Arsenal | Watford | Free / loan | €12.0M |
| 1 Sept 2014 | Man Utd | Arsenal | €20.0M | €17.0M |
| 31 May 2011 | Sunderland | Man Utd | Free / loan | €6.0M |
| 12 Aug 2010 | Man Utd | Sunderland | Free / loan | €2.5M |
| 16 Mar 2010 | Preston | Man Utd | Free / loan | €2.5M |
| 25 Jan 2010 | Man Utd | Preston | Free / loan | €2.5M |
| 1 Jul 2008 | Man Utd U18 | Man Utd | Unknown | Data unavailable |
| 1 Jul 2005 | Man Utd Youth | Man Utd U18 | Unknown | Data unavailable |
MoneyballAI identifies statistical opportunities from available data. A player flagged as a potential bargain is not guaranteed to succeed, to transfer, to rise in value, or to generate resale profit. Market values, fees and contracts come from third-party sources; ranges are model estimates with stated confidence.