Barcelona star Lionel Messi top the chart with an estimated value of £172m He is comfortably ahead of Real Madrids Cristiano Ronaldo on £104m Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Diego Costa are third and fourth Six Premier League players make the top 10 of most expensive players Gareth Bale is valued at £47m according to the calculations Lionel Messi would cost a whopping £172m should any of Barcelonas rivals want to whisk him away this month, according to research into the current market values of the worlds leading players. The Argentine star comfortably tops a CIES Football Observatory countdown of footballs most valuable players and is worth £68m more than his Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The totals serve as a guide price for the January transfer window, using a calculation that takes into account player performance, age, contract and the results of their team. THE TOP 10 1. Lionel Messi £172.6m 2. Cristiano Ronaldo £104.3m 3. Eden Hazard £77.6m 4. Diego Costa £65.9m 5. Paul Pogba £56.4m 6. Sergio Aguero £51m 7. Raheem Sterling £49.4m 8. Cesc Fabregas £48.6m 9. Alexis Sanchez £47.8m 10. Gareth Bale £47m 11. Neymar (Barcelona) £45.4m 12. Angel Di Maria (Manchester United) £44.6m 13. Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich) £40.7m 14. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid) £39.1m = Oscar (Chelsea) £39.1m 16. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) £37.6m 17. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) £35.2m = Isco (Real Madrid) £35.2m 19. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) £34.4m = Koke (Atletico Madrid) £34.4m 21. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) £33.6m 22. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) £32.8m 23. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) £32.1m 24. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) £30.5m 25. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £29.7m = Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) £29.7m 27. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) £28.9m = Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £28.9m 29. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) £28.2m = Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) £28.2m 31. Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich) £27.4m = Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) £27.4m = Miralem Pjanic (Roma) £27.4m = David Silva (Manchester City) £27.4m 35. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) £26.6m = Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli) £26.6m = Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) £26.6m = Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) £26.6m = Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) £26.6m 40. Willian (Chelsea) £25.5m = Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) £25.5m = Marco Veratti (Paris Saint-Germain) £25.5m = Ross Barkley (Everton) £25.5m = Juan Mata (Manchester United) £25.5m 45. Mateo Kovacic (Inter Milan) £25m = Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £25m = Lucas Moura (Paris Saint-Germain) £25m = Yaya Toure (Manchester City) £25m = Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) £25m 50. Arturo Vidal (Juventus) £24.2m = Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) £24.2m 52. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) £23.5m = Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) £23.5m = Andre Schurrle (Chelsea) £23.5m = Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) £23.5m 56. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) £22.7m = David Alaba (Bayern Munich) £22.7m = Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) £22.7m = Juan Cuadrado (Fiorentina) £22.7m 60. Radamel Falcao (Manchester United) £21.9m 61. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) £21.1m = Alvaro Morata (Juventus) £21.1m = Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) £21.1m = Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) £21.1m 65. Mario Balotelli (Liverpool) £20.3m = Gerard Pique (Barcelona) £20.3m = Luke Shaw (Manchester United) £20.3m 68. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) £19.5m = Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) £19.5m = Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) £19.5m = Kevin de Bruyne (Wolfsburg) £19.5m = Roberto Firmino (hoffenheim) £19.5m = Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United) £19.5m = Gervinho (Roma) £19.5m = Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao) £19.5m = Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) £19.5m = Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) £19.5m = Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) £19.5m 79. Jose Callejon (Napoli) £18.8m = Samir Nasri (Manchester City) £18.8m = Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) £18.8m = Marek Hamsik (Napoli) £18.8m = Julian Draxler (Schalke) £18.8m = Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) £18.8m = David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain) £18.8m = Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) £18.8m 87. Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) £18m = Calum Chambers (Arsenal) £18m = Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) £18m = Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid) £18m = Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) £18m = Medhi Benatia (Bayern Munich) £18m = Fernandinho (Manchester City) £18m 94. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) £17.2m = Carlos Tevez (Juventus) £17.2m = Marcelo (Real Madrid) £17.2m 97. Roberto Pereyra (Juventus) £16.4m = Heung-Min Son (Bayer Leverkusen) £16.4m = Arda Turan (Atletico Madrid) £16.4m = Adam Lallana (Liverpool) £16.4m = Adem Ljajic (Roma) £16.4m = Antonio Candreva (Lazio) £16.4m = Stevan Jovetic (Manchester City) £16.4m = Pedro (Barcelona) £16.4m = Ramires (Chelsea) £16.4m 106. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain) £15.6m = Juan Bernat (Bayern Munich) £15.6m = David De Gea (Manchester United) £15.6m = Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) £15.6m = Erik Lamela (Tottenham) £15.6m = Dries Mertens (Napoli) £15.6m = Gary Cahill (Chelsea) £15.6m = Eliquim Mangala (Manchester City) £15.6m = Henrik Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund) £15.6m = Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United) £15.6m = Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich) £15.6m = Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) £15.6m = Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) £15.6m = Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) £15.6m = Robin van Persie (Manchester United) £15.6m Courtesy of CIES Football Observatory
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:34:48 +0000
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