The Real Betis midfielder Nabil Fekir is the second best player in LaLiga and the sixth of the five major European leagues So far in 2021, according to the ranking published this Monday by the Football Observatory CIES, taking into account the performance of footballers in their domestic leagues in this first quarter of the year. Both classifications lIdera the Barcelona player Leo Messi, with a score of 92.5 out of 100. Second is the Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, with 89.5. The Brazilian midfielder from Chelsea jorginho, also with 89.5 points.
The fourth best performing footballer so far this year is the Manchester central defender City Rúben Days (89.4), signed by Guardiola this season. Fifth is Cristiano Ronaldo, of the Juventus of Turin, with 89.3 points. In the sixth position appears the Betic Nabil Fekir, with 87.6 points, followed by Real Madrid Toni Kroos, with the same score as the green and white. Eighth is the former sevillista and current forward of the Eintracht Frankfurt André Silva (87.4). Lorenzo Insigne, from Napoli, is ninth with 87 points. And tenth, Jadon Sancho, from Borussia Dortmund, with 86.4 points.
The study includes all the players from the 98 clubs that make up the five major leagues (English Premier League, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Italian Serie A and Spanish LaLiga) that have played at least two thirds of the minutes played by their respective teams.
In the LaLiga standings, after Leo Messi (92.5) and Nabil Fekir (87.7), appear Toni Kross (87.6), Aleksander Isak (84.4), Luis Suárez (84.3), Gerard Moreno (83.6), Suso (82.3), Munian (81.4), Gayá (80.2) and Roque Mesa (78.6) completing the top ten.