Simone Pafundi

In September 2025, reports detailed Simone Pafundi's loan from Udinese to Sampdoria, which included a €5 million purchase option and a €6 million counter-option. In August 2025, his Transfermarkt value was noted at €5 million. A month prior, in July 2025, Udinese was reportedly demanding a fee exceeding €10 million from Palermo for the player. Earlier, between May and October 2024, his loan to Lausanne reportedly contained a €15 million purchase option, which was ultimately not exercised.

Our valuation is driven by the most recent transfer activity in September 2025, where the player moved to Sampdoria on a loan deal that reportedly includes a €5 million option to buy and a €6 million counter-option. This provides a strong, current market indicator. We weigh this more heavily than the unexercised €15 million option from his earlier loan to Lausanne and Udinese's higher asking price of over €10 million reported in July 2025, which appears to have been an initial negotiating position that the market did not meet.