The CIES Football Observatory have come up with the most expensive players playing in the biggest leagues right now.
So who really are the most valuable players in world football right now?
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There are dozens of things to take into account when you think of such a thing and the CIES Football Observatory have done it for us.
They have crunched the numbers and taken things like age, contract length and position into consideration when they came up with their definitive list of the expensive players in the game's top five leagues – England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain – right now.
And here are the top 20 Football Players Market Value.
It covers 12 Premier League players, 10 Ballons d'Or, four Englishmen and four new European champions in the world game.
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Top 20 Football Players Market Value List
- Cristiano Ronaldo – £104.9m
Ronaldo's age counts against him for this one.
- Eden Hazard – £107.2m
Did Real Madrid get a good deal?
- Marcus Rashford – £109.7m
The Manchester United forward is still to sign a new contract.
- Neymar – £110.8m
The Brazilian's value has nosedived of late.
- Paul Pogba – £111.1m
The World Cup winner has seen his value slump of late.
- Romelu Lukaku – £111.2m
Lukaku has been linked with a move to Italy this summer.
- Philippe Coutinho – £114.9m
Coutinho could be heading for the exit door at Barcelona.
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – £115.6m
The 20-year-old is inestimable to local club Liverpool.
- Gabriel Jesus – £116m
The forward has enjoyed a trophy-filled season at Manchester City.
- Bernardo Silva – £116.3m
Manchester City's marathon man has proved himself as a key player for the Premier League champions.
- Leroy Sane – £121.8m
The German is a Premier League champion for the second time.
- Antoine Griezmann – £127.7m
The World Cup winner is expected to join Barcelona this summer.
- Roberto Firmino – £128.1m
Firmino is now a Champions League winner.
- Harry Kane – £137.8m
Kane will be looking to recapture the Premier League Golden Boot next term.
- Sadio Mane – £140.1m
Mane enjoyed his most prolific season for Liverpool.
- Jadon Sancho – £141.6m
The England star's youth makes him a particularly hot property.
- Lionel Messi – £148.7m
He may have been around forever, but he'll still cost you.
- Raheem Sterling – £184.6m
Sterling enjoyed an excellent season with City.
- Mohamed Salah – £195m
Liverpool's Egyptian King comes in at No.2.
- Kylian Mbappe – £223.8m
Mbappe's youth and quality mark him out as the most expensive player in the world.
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This article was most recently revised and updated 5 years ago
