Although Turkish football has had many valuable players over time, Gheorghe Hagi remains, for many supporters and specialists in Turkey, the most important footballer who has ever played in the championship called Super Lig today.
Recently, journalists from Sabah conducted an experiment using artificial intelligence to estimate how much the big names in the history of the Turkish championship would be worth today. Even Hagi was placed at the top of the ranking, with an estimated value of approximately 120 million euros.
“He was an elite leader!”
The legend of the Romanian in Turkey is particularly linked to the period he spent at Galatasaray, between 1996 and 2001. In those years, “The King” impressed with his technique and creativity, scoring 72 goals and 63 decisive assists, performances that turned him into one of the most loved players in the club’s history.
“He was not only a playmaker but also an elite leader, scoring impossible goals from distance and winning a UEFA cup for his team. In modern football, such a player, of the ‘boss’ type, who has both pure talent, but who also transforms the whole identity of the team, is very rare. The ‘Maradona from the Carpathians’ would be in the first place on today’s market as the most valuable playmaker in the world!”the artificial intelligence concluded.
An evaluation of 120 million euros would position Gheorghe Hagi among the most valuable players of the moment, if he were to be placed alongside the current footballers. Top midfielders such as Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Real Madrid star Federico Valverde are also rated at this level.
