Gastón Ávila

In December 2025, São Paulo was reportedly interested in a loan with a purchase option of €3.5 million. This followed his transfer from Royal Antwerp to Ajax in August 2023 for a fee of €12.5 million. Previously, he moved from Boca Juniors to Royal Antwerp in July 2022 for €4.4 million, and was loaned from Boca Juniors to Rosario Central in February 2021 for a fee of €99,000.

Our valuation is driven by the significant drop from his €12.5 million transfer to Ajax in 2023, following an unsuccessful spell and a major knee injury. The most recent and concrete evidence is a reported loan-to-buy option of €3.5 million proposed by São Paulo in December 2025, which anchors our estimate. Widespread interest in loan deals rather than permanent transfers further supports this lower valuation.