Vitinha and the value the eye test misses
Deep-lying controllers rarely top a market-value chart. Our cohort percentiles tell a more flattering story.
Some players are undersold by the very position they make look easy. Deep-lying controllers like Vitinha do their best work in the spaces between events — recycling possession, setting tempo, defusing pressure before it becomes a highlight. The market, drawn to goals and assists, tends to price that work conservatively.
Our model judges players against their own position cohort, not against the scorers' leaderboard, and within that frame Vitinha grades well. Availability, passing volume and the role he plays in one of Europe's most expensive midfields all lift his factors, nudging our estimate above the quoted value.
It's a small example of a larger idea: a fair valuation has to understand what a player is for. Hold a controller to a striker's yardstick and you'll always undervalue him — which is exactly the mistake our cohort approach is designed to avoid.
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