The most expensive players in the world: Ronaldo - 49th
CIES Football Observatory published the rating of the most expensive football players in the world.
The CIES Football Observatory investigated the cost of top-5 league players.
The study assessed factors such as age, position, duration of the contract, performances for the club and the national team.
Leader of the rating was forward PSG Neimar. Also in the top three were Lionel Messi and Harry Kane, but the current holder of the Golden Ball, Cristiano Ronaldo, took only 49th place.
It is worth noting that the Ukrainian players in the top 100 rankings did not hit.
The top ten included:
- Neimar (PSG) - 213 million euros
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 202.2 million
- Harry Kane (Tottenham) - 194.7 million
- Kilian Mbappe (PSG) - 192.5 million
- Paulo Dibala (Juventus) - 174.6 million
- Dele Alli (Tottenham) - 171.3 million
- Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) - 167.8 million
- Romel Lukaku (Manchester United) - 164.8 million
- Antoine Grismann (Atletico) - 150.2 million
- Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - 147.5 million
... - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 80.4 ml
Earlier it was reported that Messi outperformed Ronaldo in the ranking of the best players of the year by the version of Marca.