Exclusive CIES Football Observatory transfer values’ top 100 list
Harry Kane has become the world most expensive player from a transfer value perspective according to the exclusive CIES Football Observatory algorithm. Following his new outstanding season, the Englishman is now worth €201.2 million. Tottenham’s striker outranks two Paris St-Germain’s players: Neymar (€197.5 m) and Kylian Mbappé (€186.5 m). The top 100 list for big-5 league footballers is available in issue number 230 of the Weekly Post.
In the top ten positions are players from six countries: England (Kane and Alli), Belgium (de Bruyne and Lukaku), Argentina (Messi and Dybala), France (Mbappé and Griezmann), Brazil (Neymar) and Egypt (Salah). With 16 players, France is the most represented country in the top 100.
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The highest estimated values per position were recorded for
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cDovL3d3dy5mb290YmFsbC1vYnNlcnZhdG9yeS5jb20vLXZhbHVlcy02NjIyNA>Saúl Ñíguez (defensive midfielders, €100.5 m),Kevin"> (box-to-box midfielders, €167.2 m), Dele Alli (attacking midfielders, €171.0 m), Neymar">Harry Kane
(centre forwards, €201.2 m). More information on the CIES Football Observatory algorithm is available here.
