Manchester City English striker Phil Foden (190.2 million euros) would be the player with the most expensive transfer, according to the CIES Football Observatory, which has published a biannual ranking of the footballers of the five major leagues in Europe with the highest estimated value of transfer.
CIES has taken into account, to set the supposed transfer price, a statistical model that includes variables related to the player (length of contract, age, international status, progression of his career and performances), his club (sports level and economic level) and the context (inflation).
Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood (€ 178 M) occupies the second box and his teammate, Marcus Rashford (€ 159.1 M) closes a podium made entirely of English.
In fourth place is Norwegian Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland (€ 155.5M), followed by England’s ‘Red Devils’ Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes (€ 154.3M) who is fifth on this list.
The La Liga player quota is led by Dutchman Frenkie de Jong (€ 138.7 M) who is sixth, followed by fellow Barcelona footballer Pedri González (€ 133.2 M) who is seventh and Portuguese attacker João Félix (€ 127.8 M ) of Atlético de Madrid, who occupies the ninth position, behind the Canadian of Bayern Munich, Alphonso Davies (€ 131.6 M) who is eighth.
The list of the ten players with the highest estimated transfer value is completed by one of the figures of the most recent Champions League champion, Chelsea winger and England team Mason Mount (€ 123.6 M), while Kylian Mbappé (€ 118.3 M) appears in box number 12, with only one year remaining from his contract with PSG.
The first South American to appear on this list is Brazilian Vinícius Júnior (€ 104.4 M) of Real Madrid in box 18, followed by his compatriots Gabriel Jesús (€ 98.7 M) in position 22 and Rodrygo Goes (€ 77.7 M) in 41. Neymar (€ 61.1 M) at 29 years old and recently renewed by PSG, after a season in which he did not win Ligue 1 and did not reach the Champions League final, falls to 71. EFE (HN).