Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€13.9m at 6.95× his valuation: Kasey McAteer to Ipswich, 1st on the EFL Championship's 2025/26 list
Leicester to Ipswich for €13.9m. What the price says against the 41 other disclosed fees the EFL Championship paid that season.
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Ipswich paid Leicester €13.9m for Kasey McAteer, a midfielder who was 24 at the time of the move.
The fee
€13.9m
1st largest of 41 disclosed fees into the EFL Championship, 2025/26
Against the market's number
6.95×
His market value at the time of the move was €2.0m.
What that buys is a separate question from what it cost. This is the price and the shape of the deal, read against every other fee the EFL Championship disclosed in 2025/26 — not a forecast of how the signing turns out.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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