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Lionel Messi Named World’s Most Valuable Player, Know Which English Star Makes The Cut

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Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has topped the list of world’s most valuable footballer in a study conducted by CIES Football Observatory, Messi was valued at €211 million.

The Argentina international was followed by Barca team-mate Neymar who was valued at €202 million, while three time Ballon d’Or Cristiano Ronaldo came third, valuing just €138 million.

Atletico Madrid forward and French international Antoine Griezmann is valued at €120 million, after a fantastic season with the Los Rojiblancos, making the top four a La Liga playing field.

Tottenham’s star Harry Kane finished fifth after another fantastic campaign where the England international won the Golden Boot, Kane was valued at €113 million.

Harry Kane

At six is Anthony Martial, another player from the Premier League. The 20 year old Manchester United forward was valued at an astonishing €112 million.

Martial was closely followed by Barcelona hit-man Luis Suarez who was valued at €106 million and Juventus attacker Paulo Dybala who was valued at €105 million.

Only eight players were valued over €100 million.

At ninth came Manchester City starlet Sergio Aguero, the Argentina international was valued at €97 million followed by Juventus play-maker Paul Pogba who was valued at €90 million.

Another Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale finished 11th with a value of €81 million, while Chelsea’s magician Eden Hazard finished twelfth with a value of €78 million.

Bale hazard

Dele Alli was crowned as the 14th most valuable player in the world at €74 million while his England team-mate Raheem Sterling was valued at €73 million.

Hector Bellerin was named the most valuable defender in the world, the Arsenal defender who is a transfer target for Barcelona is worth a whopping €56 million.

While Chelsea’s POTY Willian was valued at €51 million, Outside the top 30 were Leicester City’s marathon-man N’Golo Kante who is worth €44 million, followed by Manchester United’s number 7 Memphis Depay and Kante’s Leicester team-mate Riyad Mahrez, both worth €42 million.

Party-boy Jamie Vardy was valued at €35 million, along with Angel Di Maria, Sadio Mane, Felipe Anderson and Dimitri Payet.

(Graph Courtesy - CIES Football Observatory)
(Graph Courtesy – CIES Football Observatory)

 

Abhishek Chaudhary
Abhishek Chaudhary = The Blues, who have left an indelible impression on his life. Factoid :- He cried inconsolably for a week when Jose Mourinho was sacked by the bosses at Stamford Bridge 2nd time round. His passion for the beautiful game is only matched by his fascination for beer! Supports Chelsea

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