CIES reveal 50 most valuable footballers in the world
Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham has been revealed as the most valuable player in world football by new CIES Football Observatory data.
The 20-year-old has enjoyed a blistering start to life in Spain, so it's perhaps no surprise that his estimated transfer value has skyrocketed to €267.5m.
He is one of three Real Madrid players and five players overall to be worth in excess of €200m according to CIES — Brazilian duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes rank third and fourth behind Manchester City's Erling Haaland, closely followed by Bukayo Saka.
A further three Premier League players round out the top ten, with the top 39 players in the world all valued in excess of €100m.
Read on for a full breakdown of the top 50 players.
Trent-Alexander-Arnold, Jack Grealish, Bruno Fernandes and Alphonso Davies are four high-profile players who register in the top 100, but they all miss out on a place in the top 50 — the final position being held by West Ham United's Mohammed Kudus.
He's worth €93.8m to the Hammers — over double the €44.5m paid to Ajax back in August — and trails Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho and Bayern Munich's Harry Kane, who has enjoyed a ridiculously good start to life in the Bundesliga.
Manchester City summer signing Josko Gvardiol is worth just shy of €100m, as is Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes. Barcelona's Alejandro Balde is another defender worth slightly less than nine figures, with the others knocking on the door all playing in more advanced positions.
Premier League transfer target Nico Williams ranks 45th at €98.3m, Brighton's teenage sensation Evan Ferguson comes in at 43rd worth €99.2m, Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni is 42nd at €99.5m and Manchester United's big-money arrival Rasmus Hojlund sits
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