Mbappé value soars

The International Soccer Observatory (CIES) has carried out a study of the market value of the footballers of the five major leagues using its usual algorithm. It includes the top one hundred and for this the club in which they play, the age, their goalscoring records and a host of other parameters are taken into account so that the estimate adjusts as best as possible to reality. The ranking is headed by Kylian Mbappé, one of the few whose price has not been resented by the coronavirus pandemic and the corresponding economic crisis to which it has given rise (in most cases their estimated prices have fallen). At 21, the PSG player and World Champion with France, he is the most coveted pearl in the world of football. Everyone dreams of taking the French striker, but the truth is that it is within the reach of very few, since its estimated value is 259.2 million euros.

English proficiency

The four places below Mbappé in this ranking are all for English players. Second place goes to Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), the oldest of the four with 25 years (194.7 million euros). Complete the podium Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), the only player who does not play in the Premier League (179.1 million). Then I would follow Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), the most valued defender on the list (171.1 million) and finally, Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), whose estimated market value is 152.3 million euros.

Only Barcelona and Atlético are in the top 25

Only these two clubs have representatives among the 25 most valued footballers. The azulgrana set has Antoine Griezmann in eighth place (136.3 million). Further, Frenkie de Jong is number 20 in the table (102.1 million) and Leo Messi it is 22 (100.1 million), with the Argentine being the last to overcome the 100 million barrier. As for Atlético de Madrid, João Félix It is its main supporter, at number 14 (107.9 million). Further, Saúl Ñíguez closes the top-25 (97.7 million). It would be necessary to go down to position number 38 to find a representative of Real Madrid, which in this case is Rodrygo Goes (81.4).

Cristiano and Neymar plummet

The value of Cristiano Ronaldo it decreases more and more with age. At 35, the market value of Juventus' Portuguese is 62.8 million euros, and although his scoring output seems not to have suffered, his price has been devalued. Neymar (PSG), meanwhile, is 37th on the list despite having many years of good football left and the Brazilian's current appraisal is 87.2 million euros.

The most expensive by position

In addition to those already mentioned Mbappé and Alexander-Arnold For the forward and lateral positions, the players with the highest market value are distributed among all the major leagues except the German one: Ederson Moraes (Manchester City) is the most valuable goalkeeper (86.8 million), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) the most expensive central defender (104.7 million), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) the defensive midfielder who would cost the most (102.2 million) and Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) would be the offensive midfielder with the highest appraisal (104.9 million).

Less than twenty more expensive

Mbappé (21) and Sancho (20) are not the only young people who have sneaked onto this list. And there are two players below the age of twenty who have slipped into the top-25, as is the case of Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), whose value is estimated to be 104.7 million, or that of Erling Haaland (Borussia Drotmund), appraised at 107.3 million euros).

The best rated Spaniards

Among the hundred best-rated footballers of the five major leagues we find six of Spanish origin. Rodri (Manchester City), the 20th on the list would be the most expensive (101.5 million), followed by the aforementioned Saul. Mikel Oyarzabal It is the 35th. The Real Sociedad footballer has a market value of 83.2 million euros, no more and no less than two places above Neymar. Then I would be Fabian Ruiz (Naples), which is ranked number 39 and is valued at exactly 81 million. The 43rd is Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea), one of the few goalkeepers who have sneaked into the ranking (76.4 million). Already in position number 83 we would find Álvaro Morata. The Atlético de Madrid striker has a market value of 53.5 million euros.

More than 20% of the top-100 play in Spain

Of the hundred best valued by the CIES, there are 21 soccer players that are currently active in the Santander League. They, in order, would be Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), João Félix (Atlético de Madrid), Frenie de Jong (Barcelona), Leo Messi (Barcelona), Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid), Mikel Oyarzabal (Real society), Clément Lenglet (Barcelona), Rodrygo Goes (Real Madrid), Arthur Melo (Barcelona), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid), Éder Militão (Real Madrid), Maxi Gomez (Valencia), Luka Jovic (Real Madrid), Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid), Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid), Fede Valverde (Real Madrid), Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) and Martin Odegaard (Real society). In this way, Real Madrid would have seven representatives, Barcelona with six, Atlético de Madrid with six, Real Sociedad with two and Valencia with one.