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Player values
I was surprised to notice that my not-very-good wingback Jordan has a value of 1.8M, a little more than Nuriyev who is much higher rated. The only reasons I can see are experience, and the fact Jordan is left footed. I was surprised it would make that much difference.

Wingbacks seem to have a higher value than fullbacks.
Left-footed/ both-footed players seem to have a higher value than right-footed players
Certain positions seem to have have a higher value than others in their DEF/MID/FW positions.

If you look at your country's "statistics" - "player value" the top players are usually both-footed / left-footed and HPL / SWP / CRM / PMK / AM / DM / WB

Just a quick look at Scotland's, there's a 73-rated player at #6 just because he's a both-footed CRM. I have over 25 players rated higher than him and other teams in the league have a few too.

It's just a weird thing in this game.

It seems like being left- or both-footed and having a particular position makes a player's estimated value a little higher. Both footed creative midfielders, for example, seem to have amongst the highest values in the game- I know, because I found 2 of them.

Edit: beaten by about a minute

Sure, I understand that certain positions are more valuable than others. Jordan and Nuriyev are both WBKs so I was surprised the left footed-ness was enough to make the values more or less equal, despite Jordan being so much worse. Marinkovic is another WBK and only a few points better than Nuriyev, but because he's both footed his value is 1M more.

Dies this have a matchday impact as well? If there were two identical teams except one was all right footed and the other left footed, would the second team have an edge? And a both footed team be better still?