Filip Krastev

Filip Krastev is Oxford United’s Gold-tier Engine profile. At 25, the Bulgarian midfielder has already collected a stack of loan moves across Europe, but no trophies so far. This Oxford chapter feels like a genuine chance to finally plant a flag rather than just pass through.

The season story is simple: lots of running, not much reward yet. Five appearances and 285 minutes with only two outings as the main card suggest he is still trying to nail down his exact role. The output is bare – no goals, no assists across those matches. Even so, his form line sits in line with his season ability, a picture of reliability rather than a hot streak or a slump. There is no standout Shooting or Passing spike in the data; instead he profiles as a classic Engine, more about carrying tempo and glueing phases together than grabbing headlines. The reliability tag is “emerging”, which is actually a positive: the sample is small, and the story is very much unfinished.

His market value sits around €4M with a falling trend, which adds a bit of extra Stakes to every crunch match he features in. If he can start turning work rate into final-third actions, that curve – and his reputation – can swing quickly in the opposite direction.