Hold your horses: 244,132,303 SVC is Stuttgart’s asking price, not a bid, accepted offer or completed deal.

The unnamed 92-rated left-back was listed on August 27. The auction record shows zero bid events, no high bidder and no end time. It remains unstarted.

That seller-side demand is still enormous. Across 9,055 live listings, it is the market’s second-highest minimum — behind Christos Tzolis at 250M SVC and comfortably above fellow 92-rated player Lucas Beraldo at 160M.

The Stuttgart player’s game value is 20,344,358.64 SVC. The asking price is almost exactly 12 times that value, an 1,100% premium.

There is a player in there

The data feed provides no usable display name, but the football case is clear. He is a 29-year-old German left-footer who can cover LB, DML and LM, with 92 tackling, 80 passing and 81 shooting.

He is fully fit, happy and carrying no concerns. His contract has two seasons remaining and his wage is 510,420 SVC.

This season he has logged:

• 11 league appearances, including one from the bench
• 869 minutes and 74% field time
• Two goals and one assist
• Four clean sheets
• A 7.36 average rating and one man-of-the-match award

Stuttgart sit fifth in their league under class21, with a recent form line of DLWDWW.

Stuttgart’s 781M wall

This is no isolated moonshot. Stuttgart have five active listings and not one has a bid:

• 92-rated left-back — 244.1M SVC
• 91-rated forward — 183.1M SVC
• 88-rated forward — 130.8M SVC
• 89-rated defensive midfielder — 127.2M SVC
• 84-rated right-back — 96.2M SVC

Together, the asks total 781,361,094 SVC against combined game values of 65.11M — another near-perfect 12-times multiplier. Four were listed between August 27 and 29; the 91-rated forward has been waiting since July 16.

The headline player’s price alone stands 84.58M above Stuttgart’s current 159.56M balance.

So yes, it is a colossal number. But until somebody bids, it is only a number on Stuttgart’s side of the counter. I’ll shout when the money arrives.