Como president Mirwan Suwarso placed a €75 million valuation on Como midfielder Martin Baturina in public comments published on July 16, a figure he offered not as an opening bid but as a floor — and one that arrives with a broader statement of intent from the club's ownership.
The so-what is this: a president who has already declined €60 million for Baturina's teammate Nico Diao does not attach a €75 million price tag to a 23-year-old without expecting to be tested. For Baturina, the number is both protection and pressure — it signals that Como will not be rushed, but it also sets a benchmark his performances must continue to justify.
The underlying data supports the valuation more than it strains it. Across 28 Serie A appearances in 2025-26, Baturina contributed six goals and three assists under Fàbregas's Como, finishing the campaign with an average match rating of 7.10. Those are the numbers of a midfielder who affects games consistently rather than occasionally. Como ended the season fifth in Serie A with 68 points from 37 matches, conceding just 28 goals — a defensive solidity that gave Baturina's creative output a platform rather than a burden. An AI assessment rates him at 75 out of 100 overall, with a potential ceiling of 85, which maps neatly onto the trajectory Suwarso is pricing in.
Suwarso's framing — invoking the Los Angeles Lakers as a model, and treating a potential UEFA Financial Fair Play sanction as an acceptable cost of ambition — tells you something about how Como's ownership reads the market. They are not selling from necessity. They are selling, if at all, only when the price confirms the project rather than funds it.
At €75 million, Baturina is not cheap enough to be an impulse buy for mid-table European clubs, and not so expensive that the elite cannot reach him. That is precisely where Como wants him: visible, valued, and not going anywhere on someone else's terms.