Author(s)

Wei Zhou

Corresponding Author

Wei Zhou

ABSTRACT

The transfer market is an important for modern professional soccer, because it is one of the efficient systems to measure market value of players. Therefore, the invention of a reliable method of forecasting market value carries great significance and needs to be understood well. This paper analyzes how different factors (including age, height, weight, etc.) influences market value of soccer players, and comes up with models to understand casual. Two models are considered, one with dummy variable of position and one without.

KEYWORDS

Market Value, Linear Regression, Soccer, European League