Macalou's current-season form is up 189% on last season (Season 19→55), while his Rating climbed 37→73. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Universitatea Cluj	2	0	0	6.8	—	—
2024/25	Universitatea Cluj	9	3	1	6.71	—	—
2024/25	Sochaux · 12th	9	3	1	6.71	33	12
2023/24	Sochaux · 8th	25	6	0	—	37	19
2023/24	Valenciennes · 20th	1	0	0	6.2	44	0
2022/23	RED Star FC 93Loan · 3rd	9	3	1	6.71	37	11
2021/22	Le MansLoan · 10th	31	5	0	—	39	19

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Top-tier performerGoal-getting Centre-forward

I. Macalou is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Free Agents, rated 73.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 189th of 376 on scout potential in the Premier League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (69.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.76 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.53 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Macalou.

Judged on this season alone, Macalou graded 55 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 14% of the 44 centre-forwards in the Premier League, on 6 goals and 14 assists in 37 appearances (0.759 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 19 → 55). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 73, 23rd of 44 of the 44 centre-forwards in the Premier League. At 27 Macalou is in his prime years, and a market index of 110.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelRemarkably consistent4 clubs

Current potential23rd of 44 centre-forwards · Premier League Current seasonTop 14% centre-forwards · Premier League6th-best centre-forward in the Premier League189th in the Premier League · potential23rd-highest potential centre-forward in the Premier League

73.4

Ratingi

23rd of 44 centre-forwards

55.4

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

69.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.76

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · Free Agents finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.16

Goals / app

6 goals in 37 appearances (0.16 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 14 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 20 goal contributions (0.54 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 69.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.76 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.53 assists) — productive for the role.
Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 95.3/100).

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 73.4, Macalou carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Premier League of 44. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.76 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %69.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.228

Assists / 900.532

Goal contribution / 900.759

Defensive actions / 901.481

Player flow

Goal involvements20

Cards / 900.038

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~111), then tapers with age. At 27, Macalou sits on 110.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Macalou's projected Rating — 73.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.