In Ultimate Team mode of FIFA 21, player prices on the transfer market are currently crashing. Many players are suddenly available for much fewer coins.
What is going on? Just a little over a week has passed since the official release of the game, currently the first Weekend League is underway – and already FIFA 21 has faced its first market crash. Currently, the prices of many cards on the transfer market are dropping sharply.
One example: Erling Haaland is one of the strongest players in the Bundesliga in FIFA 21 and has consistently cost between 100,000 and 120,000 coins in recent days. That’s quite expensive – but then suddenly a change in trend occurred.
(via futbin)
Within a few days, Haaland’s price dropped to just around 58,000 coins – which is not a bargain, but still represents a huge loss in value all at once. Thus, a top player in the Bundesliga has suddenly become much easier to obtain.
However, Haaland is not an isolated case. Many players are suddenly experiencing significant price drops – across all budget ranges. Some examples:
- Robert Lewandowski (91) dropped from over 200,000 to nearly 140,000
- Leroy Sané (85) fell from 111,000 (Thursday) to around 80,000.
- The feared striker Wissam Ben Yedder (84) dropped from 150,000 to around 96,000.
- Forward Harry Kane (88) fell from 40,000 to 20,000.
- Marcos Llorente (82), a popular CM from LaLiga, dropped from 20,000 to around 4,500.
The price decline is currently accelerating in many areas. Only absolute top players, such as Kylian Mbappé or Cristiano Ronaldo, who are significantly more expensive, seem to be unaffected by the crash at the moment.
Players are puzzled by market crash
This is how the community reacts: Overall, the sudden crash in market prices has been met with surprise. In the FIFA subreddit, discussions are ongoing about the reasons that might have led to the early crash. Two ideas, in particular, stand out:
- On one hand, the abolished fitness cards are being mentioned. Some players had built secondary teams to avoid needing to buy fitness – that is gone this year. Instead, players have more coins for strong players – and mid-range players can be skipped (via reddit).
- The placement matches in Division Rivals provided a lot of coins for many players. Receiving such a substantial number of coins at the start of the game is new for the FIFA series. This also made it possible to buy strong players early on. This could also have an impact on prices (via reddit).
Additionally, it is pointed out that there have already been promo packs for the OTW event, and rewards from SBCs and missions might have decreased the demand for players.
Some players believe that prices will rise again as soon as SBCs emerge that require highly rated players. Currently, however, it seems possible to snag a bargain on the transfer market. On the other hand, it may be that players purchased at high prices might not be sold for the same amount – or for a hoped-for profit.
You can find tips for the transfer market in the FIFA 21 Trading Guide.
